English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From interested + -ness.
Noun
[edit]interestedness (uncountable)
- The state or quality of being interested, or having an interest; interest
- selfishness.
- Synonyms: me-firstism, self-centeredness, self-obsession; see also Thesaurus:selfishness
- 1748, [Samuel Richardson], Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady:[…], volume II, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC, page 214:
- I might give them what degree of credit I pleaſed ; and take them with abatement for Mr. Solmes's intereſtedneſs, if I thought fit
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “interestedness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
