spiritedness
/ˈspɪ rɪ tɪd nəs/
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Definition(s):
- (n) quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous
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Usage(s):
- If there were an international prize for mean-spiritedness, controversial author Germaine Greer would be on the podium this week delivering her acceptance speech.
- Voter spiritedness seems to me to be a very thorny theoretical issue, one that gets to the heart of voter psychology, which is a complicated and difficult subject.
- What saves Dunne from seeming like an unbearable show-off is his good-spiritedness about his swell life--he makes it clear he is having a great time.
Quotes
- "There is very little mean-spiritedness. I went into this situation with my eyes open. I'm in this for the long run to make this organization better and good for a long time," Baker said.on Sep 27, 2008 By: Dusty Baker Source: Hamilton Journal News (subscription)
- But it was ironic that Boivin added: "We ask our fans to show the same public-spiritedness as they do in the Bell Centre."on Apr 23, 2008 By: Pierre Boivin Source: The Gazette (Montreal)
- "We have sown the wind of mean-spiritedness toward the poor, and lack of humaneness toward the stranger at our door. There is something terribly wrong with our system of economics and values when we have disparities, when any handful of people have...on Jun 27, 2007 By: Joseph Lowery Source: Atlanta Progressive News
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