serious-mindedness

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serious-mindedness - the trait of being serious; "a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness"- Robert Rice

earnestness, seriousness, sincerity

trait - a distinguishing feature of your personal nature

commitment, committedness - the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose; "a man of energy and commitment"

graveness, gravity, soberness, sobriety, somberness, sombreness - a manner that is serious and solemn

sedateness, solemness, solemnity, staidness - a trait of dignified seriousness

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The black-and-white photos in the paperback suggest its serious-mindedness. Bolin and Blandy offer cases-in-point, projects, and art education approaches that work.

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The declarative nature of the baroque didn't disappear, but changed until it re-emerged in the last decades of the century in the serious-mindedness of neoclassicism.

Displays of piety: Michael Prodger welcomes a reminder that Parisian churches are full of baroque paintings

Greystoke , in 1984, was the most conspicuous attempt to inject some serious-mindedness into the mix, but Greystoke was widely mocked and flopped at the box-office (admittedly it was nowhere near as much fun as Tarzan and His Mate , with its skinny-dipping Jane, from 50 years earlier).