mindfulness

English

Etymology

mindful +‎ -ness

Noun

mindfulness (countable and uncountable, plural mindfulnesses)

1. Awareness.
2. Inclination to be mindful or aware.
3. (Buddhism, psychology) Paying attention on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgementally.
4. A form of secular meditation practice with roots in Buddhist meditation.
   • 2013 November 1, David Hochman, “Mindfulness: Getting Its Share of Attention”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Thich Nhat Hanh, the Vietnamese Buddhist leader who introduced mindfulness to Westerners (Google got first dibs on him as a guest speaker), once said, “The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention.”

   • 2014 June 30, Anna North, “The Mindfulness Backlash”, in New York Times Op-Talk‎^[2]:

     This vogue is in part due to the real benefits of mindfulness, a form of attention and awareness often (but not always) achieved through meditation or yoga. It’s a trend for a reason. But its increasing application to every situation under the sun has some people concerned.

Antonyms

• mindlessness, unmindfulness; for more, see Thesaurus:mindfulness

Derived terms

• mindfulness bell

 

Translations

awareness — see awareness

inclination to be mindful or aware

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 注意 (zh) (zhùyì), 留意 (zh) (liúyì), (in Buddhism and psychology) 正念 (zhèngniàn)

• Finnish: läsnäolevuus
• Greek: επιμέλεια (el) f (epiméleia), φροντίδα (el) f (frontída)
• Hungarian: figyelmesség (hu), gondosság (hu)
• Macedonian: внима́телност f (vnimátelnost)
• Polish: uważność (pl) f
• Russian: внима́тельность (ru) f (vnimátelʹnostʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: pomnost (sh) f
• Swedish: omtänksamhet (sv) c, vakenhet (sv) c, uppmärksamhet (sv) c

paying attention on purpose in the present moment

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (in Buddhism and psychology) 正念 (zhèngniàn)

• Finnish: tietoinen läsnäolo
• French: pleine conscience (fr) f
• German: Achtsamkeit (de) f
• Hungarian: éber tudatosság, tudatos jelenlét, éber figyelem, tudatosság (hu)
• Macedonian: внима́телност f (vnimátelnost)
• Pali: sati (in Buddhism)
• Polish: uważność (pl) f
• Russian: внима́тельность (ru) f (vnimátelʹnostʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: usredotočena svjesnost f, majndfulnes m, usmjerena pažnja f
• Spanish: atención plena f
• Swedish: medveten närvaro c, mindfulness (sv)
• Tigrinya: ምሉእ ኣቓልቦ (məluʾ ʾaḳʰalbo), ምሉእ ሕልና (məluʾ ḥəlna), ምሉእ ንቕሓተ-ሕልና (məluʾ nəḳʰḥatä-ḥəlna)

See also

• Thesaurus:mindfulness
• Thesaurus:awareness

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English mindfulness.

Noun

mindfulness f (invariable)

1. (psychology, neologism) mindfulness

Spanish

Noun

mindfulness m (uncountable)

1. mindfulness