interestedness

C2+ Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /ˈɪntrəstɪdnəs/ UK /ˈɪntrɪstɪdnəs/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
the state of being interested, or of having a personal stake or bias

His interestedness in the outcome cast doubt on his impartiality.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the state of being... concern involvement partiality engagement

Opposites

disinterestedness indifference apathy

Word family

Related forms interested interest interesting

Etymology

From interested + -ness; interest from Latin interest ('it makes a difference, it concerns'), third-person singular of interesse, from inter- ('between') + esse ('to be').

interesse Old French esse Latin

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# interestedness

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈɪntrəstɪdnəs/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɪntrɪstɪdnəs/

## Meanings
1. the state of being interested, or of having a personal stake or bias

## Examples
- His interestedness in the outcome cast doubt on his impartiality.

## Synonyms
- concern
- involvement
- partiality
- engagement

## Antonyms
- disinterestedness
- indifference
- apathy

## Related Forms
- interested
- interest
- interesting

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: interesse
- Root: esse

## Etymology
From interested + -ness; interest from Latin interest ('it makes a difference, it concerns'), third-person singular of interesse, from inter- ('between') + esse ('to be').

## AI Etymology
interestedness comes from interested + -ness; interest from Latin interest ('it makes a difference, it concerns'), third-person singular of interesse, from inter- ('between') + esse ('to be'). Morphologically, the ending is part of the etymology: the suffix is attached to the older base named in the history, producing a later English derivative. In present English, the noun sense is "the state of being interested, or of having a personal stake or bias", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also appears in related forms such as interested, interest, and interesting. Its semantic neighborhood includes concern, involvement, partiality, and engagement, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Latin interesse and Latin esse.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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