intentiveness

English

Etymology

From intentive +‎ -ness.

Noun

intentiveness (uncountable)

1. Closeness of attention; attentiveness; concentration.
   • 2012, R. R. Cox, Schutz’s Theory of Relevance: A Phenomenological Critique:

     With these few statements on the purely temporal extendedness of mental life, let us now focus on its intentiveness.

References

• “intentiveness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.