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Single-mindedness   /sˈɪŋgəl-mˈaɪndɪdnəs/   Listen
Single-mindedness

noun
1.
Characterized by one unified purpose.





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"Single-mindedness" Quotes from Famous Books



... though the whole expression was bright and happy and very changeful. Yet there was plenty of 'character'—no dearth of good firm lines, with yet an entire absence of anything denoting hardness or obstinacy; the whole giving from the first candid glance an impression of extreme ingenuousness and single-mindedness. ...
— Robin Redbreast - A Story for Girls • Mary Louisa Molesworth
... bridge he is building, fails under the strain, largely by reason of a flawed simplicity and a divided energy. Pioneers and artists, in Miss Cather's understanding of their natures, are practically equals in single-mindedness; at least they work much by themselves, contending with definite though ruthless obstacles and looking forward, if they win, to a freedom which cannot be achieved in the routine of crowded communities. To become too ...
— Contemporary American Novelists (1900-1920) • Carl Van Doren
... single-mindedness to good use at the gaming tables first. During his initial ten days as a professional, he succeeded in losing seven hundred credits of Hawkes' money, even though he did manage to win a ...
— Starman's Quest • Robert Silverberg


Words linked to "Single-mindedness" :   single-minded, resolution, resolve, firmness of purpose, resoluteness, firmness


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