Meanings
- alternativeuncountableAlternative form of single-heartedness.
She, however, regretted that the new organization was not "preserving its singleheartedness and concentrating all its energy on the struggle with capitalism."
1989, Salvatore Salerno, Red November, Black November: Culture and Community in the Industrial Workers of the World, →ISBN1 more example
But it was not these alone — it was his high moral and social principles, his liberal views in religion, unpretending piety, quick sensibility, sincerity and singleheartedness, his benevolence, candour, and ever cheerful spirit in prosperity and adversity, that peculiarly endeared him to his acquaintance, and enabled him to perform so acceptably and usefully, the difficult duties of his office, to two generations of parishioners.
1838, Alexander Young, A discourse on the life and character of the Reverend John Thornton Kirkland, page 31
Origin
Cite this entry
singleheartedness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/singleheartedness
“singleheartedness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/singleheartedness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “singleheartedness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/singleheartedness.
Source: singleheartedness on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.