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twi-mindedness en · NOUN

Etymology

From twi-minded + -ness.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The state, quality, or condition of being twi-minded; double-mindedness.
   • Another example of twimindedness is worthy of slightly extended commentary "I noticed that the emotion gratified them, gave them some sort of pleasure, the way I saw it. [...]" 2011, J. Hillis Miller, The Conflagration of Community:
   • Stapledon refers to Star Maker as "twiminded" (SM 419) and speaks of his "twimindedness" (SM 420). 1975, Claremont Center for Process Studies, Process studies - Volumes 5-6 - Page 126:
   • This research reveals the "twi-mindedness" that allowed Joyce to attack Irish nationalism and sectarianism and to break completely with Irish literary tradition while never entirely freeing himself from the traditions and feelings of his native Catholic culture. 2000, Willard Potts, Joyce and the Two Irelands:
   • This twi-mindedness at length gave rise to a new mode of creating. 2008, Olaf Stapledon, Star Maker:

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