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industriousness

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in·dus·tri·ous  (n-dstr-s)
adj.
1. Assiduous in work or study; diligent. See Synonyms at busy.
2. Obsolete Skillful; clever.
in·dustri·ous·ly adv.
in·dustri·ous·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.industriousness - persevering determination to perform a task; "his diligence won him quick promotions"; "frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues"
diligence, industry
determination, purpose - the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose; "his determination showed in his every movement"; "he is a man of purpose"
assiduity, assiduousness, concentration - great and constant diligence and attention
sedulity, sedulousness - the quality of being constantly diligent and attentive
studiousness - diligent study
Translations
industriousness [ɪnˈdʌstrɪəsnɪs] N [of worker] → laboriosidad f; [of student] → aplicación f, diligencia f
industriousness
n → Arbeitsamkeit f, → Fleiß m
industriousness [ɪnˈdʌstrɪəsnɪs] n → diligenza, zelo
industriousness [ɪnˈdʌstrɪəsnɪs] n → diligenza, zelo


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The United States has not proved the most fertile ground for this sort of person, but now and then contenders arise, and Martha Nussbaum is surely one of the more formidable candidates of our time, discharging the responsibilities of that role with a dizzying industriousness.
The least among us by McCabe, David / Commonweal
As Griggs imagines it, the new, post-Civil War United States indeed will be something quite different: a nation that will valorize the intelligence, industriousness, and articulateness of its citizens, white and black, instead of focusing on skin color and corporeal differences.
Oratory, embodiment, and US citizenship in Sutton E. Griggs's ... by Karafilis, Maria / African American Review
Equally important, these modern and industrial pursuits helped to transform class relations and community ties by disrupting and transforming the upcountry South's rural class hierarchy, which depended less on wealth and occupation than on one's perceived industriousness, one's leadership within the local community, and one's longevity in the local community, to a class hierarchy in which occupation and consumerism determined one's local status.
All We Know Was to Farm: Rural Women in the Upcountry South, 1919-1941 by Mapes, Kathleen / Journal of Social History
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