Concentrativeness

/kənˈsɛntrətɪvnəs/ noun

Definition

The quality or state of being concentrated; the ability to focus attention on one thing.

Etymology

From 'concentrate' (from Latin 'concentrare' meaning 'to bring to a center') plus '-iveness' meaning the quality of being something.

Kelly Says

In the 1800s, phrenologists literally mapped 'concentrativeness' as a bump on the skull they thought controlled focus—wrong method, but they were onto something real about attention!

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