singlemindedness

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

singleminded +‎ -ness

Noun[edit]

singlemindedness (uncountable)

  1. The state or property of being singleminded.
    • 1982, G. Edward White, Earl Warren: A Public Life, →ISBN, page 212:
      Earl Warren can fairly be identified with those tendencies of the Warren Commission. That this is so attests to the singlemindedness with which he would pursue goals when he thought those goals were worthwhile.