singleheartedness

singleheartedness

See also: single-heartedness

English

Etymology

singlehearted +‎ -ness

Noun

singleheartedness (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of single-heartedness
   • 1989, Salvatore Salerno, Red November, Black November: Culture and Community in the Industrial Workers of the World, →ISBN:

     She, however, regretted that the new organization was not "preserving its singleheartedness and concentrating all its energy on the struggle with capitalism."

   • 1838, Alexander Young, A discourse on the life and character of the Reverend John Thornton Kirkland, page 31:

     But it was not these alone — it was his high moral and social principles, his liberal views in religion, unpretending piety, quick sensibility, sincerity and singleheartedness, his benevolence, candour, and ever cheerful spirit in prosperity and adversity, that peculiarly endeared him to his acquaintance, and enabled him to perform so acceptably and usefully, the difficult duties of his office, to two generations of parishioners.