as in carefulness
strict attentiveness to what one is doing
finished the last details with as much conscientiousness as the first
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Recent Examples of conscientiousness
Socioemotional skills, such as grit and conscientiousness, often have equally large economic returns.
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Jim Yong Kim, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2018
Psychologists often use the Big Five personality traits model to describe the main dimensions of a person’s personality: openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism.
—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 3 July 2024
One possibility, the study authors wrote, is that traits like conscientiousness help people perform better on cognitive tests, indicative of their ability to cope with the challenges of dementia.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2024
Personality Types and Zodiac Signs The BTI measures five main personality factors — extraversion, neuroticism, conscientiousness, openness to experience, and agreeableness.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 18 Jan. 2024
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Jim Yong Kim, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2018
Psychologists often use the Big Five personality traits model to describe the main dimensions of a person’s personality: openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism.
—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 3 July 2024
One possibility, the study authors wrote, is that traits like conscientiousness help people perform better on cognitive tests, indicative of their ability to cope with the challenges of dementia.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2024
Personality Types and Zodiac Signs The BTI measures five main personality factors — extraversion, neuroticism, conscientiousness, openness to experience, and agreeableness.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 18 Jan. 2024
See all Example Sentences for conscientiousness
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conscientiousness
Noun
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A lot of college football coaches probably paid it little attention, too.Blake Toppmeyer, The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024
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But, right now, any missed vote gets a lot of attention.CBS News, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2024
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Hospitals can further personalize care by using data from these tools to tailor XR content to each patient’s needs, focusing on areas of confusion or concern.Alon Zuckerman, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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Amazon also discourages injured workers from receiving outside medical care, and its internal practices force workers who need care to return to work too soon, the report said.Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
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Hansi Flick’s Barcelona are a young team whose high-risk approach requires an incredible amount of precision.Pol Ballús, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
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The process involves care, precision, and creativity.Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Conscientiousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conscientiousness. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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