"mindfulness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mindfulnesses [plural]
Etymology: From mindful + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|mindful|ness}} mindful + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} mindfulness (countable and uncountable, plural mindfulnesses)
  1. Awareness. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  2. Inclination to be mindful or aware. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (inclination to be mindful or aware): 注意 (zhùyì) (Chinese Mandarin), 留意 (liúyì) (Chinese Mandarin), 正念 (zhèngniàn) (note: in Buddhism and psychology) (Chinese Mandarin), läsnäolevuus (Finnish), επιμέλεια (epiméleia) [feminine] (Greek), φροντίδα (frontída) [feminine] (Greek), figyelmesség (Hungarian), gondosság (Hungarian), внима́телност (vnimátelnost) [feminine] (Macedonian), uważność [feminine] (Polish), внима́тельность (vnimátelʹnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), pomnost [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), omtänksamhet [common-gender] (Swedish), vakenhet [common-gender] (Swedish), uppmärksamhet [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-mindfulness-en-noun-pY-AAisr Disambiguation of 'inclination to be mindful or aware': 5 91 2 1
  3. (Buddhism, psychology) Paying attention on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgementally. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Buddhism, Psychology Translations (paying attention on purpose in the present moment): 正念 (zhèngniàn) (note: in Buddhism and psychology) (Chinese Mandarin), tietoinen läsnäolo (Finnish), pleine conscience [feminine] (French), Achtsamkeit [feminine] (German), éber tudatosság (Hungarian), tudatos jelenlét (Hungarian), éber figyelem (Hungarian), tudatosság (Hungarian), внима́телност (vnimátelnost) [feminine] (Macedonian), sati (note: in Buddhism) (Pali), uważność [feminine] (Polish), внима́тельность (vnimátelʹnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), usredotočena svjesnost [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), majndfulnes [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), usmjerena pažnja [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), atención plena [feminine] (Spanish), medveten närvaro [common-gender] (Swedish), mindfulness (Swedish), ምሉእ ኣቓልቦ (məluʾ ʾaḳʰalbo) (Tigrinya), ምሉእ ሕልና (məluʾ ḥəlna) (Tigrinya), ምሉእ ንቕሓተ-ሕልና (məluʾ nəḳʰḥatä-ḥəlna) (Tigrinya)
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  4. A form of secular meditation practice with roots in Buddhist meditation. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-mindfulness-en-noun-660HPhv7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: alertness, attentiveness, awareness, consciousness Derived forms: mindfulness bell Related terms: awareness, conscientiousness, deliberation, deliberateness, deliberativeness, meditation, meditativeness, presence of mind

Inflected forms

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