conscientiousness

Noun

Meaning

The quality of being conscientious; a scrupulous regard to the dictates of conscience.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

painstakingness industry application effort care responsibility duty accuracy precision commitment loyalty discrimination reliability integrity devotion
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Antonyms

unconscientiousness badness crime corruption abstraction deception
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Hypernyms

conscience carefulness

Hyponyms

religiousness diligence strictness stringency scrupulousness punctiliousness

Examples

The so-called conscientiousness of the majority of painters is only perfection applied to the art of boring. Eugène Delacroix

Modesty and conscientiousness receive their reward only in novels. In life they are exploited and then shoved aside. Erich Maria Remarque

Pooh Bah: This professional conscientiousness is highly creditable to you, but it places us in a very awkward position. Koko: My good sir, the awkwardness of your position is grace itself compared with that of a man engaged in the act of cutting off his own head. W. S. Gilbert

They build their democratic institutions with pedantic conscientiousness. Olof Palme

Newspapers. . . give us the bald, sordid, disgusting facts of life. They chronicle, with degrading avidity, the sins of the second-rate, and with the conscientiousness of the illiterate give us accurate and prosaic details. . . Oscar Wilde

C. Heath and Com. Behaviors that qualify as OCBs can fall into one of the following five categories: altruism, courtesy, sportsmanship, conscientiousness, and civic virtue. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

conscientious objector conscientious student conscientiously conscientise conscientization conscientize