mindfulness

English

Etymology

mindful +‎ -ness

Noun

mindfulness (countable and uncountable, plural mindfulnesses)

1. Awareness.
2. Inclination to be mindful or aware.
3. (as understood in Buddhism and psychology) Paying attention on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgementally.
   • 2014, Who, What, Why: What Is Mindfulness?, BBC

     The Oxford English Dictionary "also notes that the term is 'in weakened use'. It's been diluted from its origins to now encompass all manner of meditation techniques, treatments for daily stress, even ways to lose weight."

4. A form of secular meditation practice with roots in Buddhist meditation.

Antonyms

• mindlessness

Translations

awareness — see awareness

inclination to be mindful or aware

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 注意 (zh) (zhùyì), 留意 (zh) (liúyì), (in Buddhism and psychology) 正念 (zhèngniàn)

• Finnish: läsnäolevuus
• Greek: επιμέλεια (el) f (epiméleia), φροντίδα (el) f (frontída)
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• Hungarian: figyelmesség (hu), gondosság (hu)
• Russian: внима́тельность (ru) f (vnimátelʹnostʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: pomnost (sh) f
• Swedish: omtänksamhet (sv) c, vakenhet c, uppmärksamhet (sv) c

paying attention on purpose in the present moment

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (in Buddhism and psychology) 正念 (zhèngniàn)

• Finnish: tietoinen läsnäolo
• Hungarian: éber tudatosság, tudatos jelenlét, éber figyelem, tudatosság (hu)
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• Russian: внима́тельность (ru) f (vnimátelʹnostʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: usredotočena svjesnost f, majndfulnes m, usmjerena pažnja f
• Swedish: medveten närvaro c, mindfulness

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Spanish

Noun

mindfulness m (uncountable)

1. mindfulness