soft-mindedness

noun

the state or quality of being soft-minded.

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Meanings

nounsoft-mindedness (uncountable)
  1. uncountablethe state or quality of being soft-minded.

    Building on the case for tough-mindedness, King identifies the dangers of soft-mindedness. He writes that the soft-minded are prone to embrace all kinds of superstitions.

    2014, Bryan Loritts, Letters to a Birmingham Jail, →ISBN
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    The transactions in Montana copper that made him many times a millionaire found him physically robust but on the verge of soft-mindedness, and, suspecting this, an infinite number of women tried to separate him from his money.

    1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

Origin

From soft-minded + -ness.

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APA

soft-mindedness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soft-mindedness

MLA

“soft-mindedness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soft-mindedness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “soft-mindedness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soft-mindedness.

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