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conscientious
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English
Etymology
From Middle French conscientieux, from Medieval Latin cōnscientiōsus. Its English equivalent could possibly be analyzed as conscient + -ous. See more at conscience.
Pronunciation
Adjective
conscientious (comparative more conscientious, superlative most conscientious)
- Thorough, careful, or vigilant in one’s task performance; painstaking.
- He was a thoughtful and conscientious worker.
- Influenced by conscience; principled; governed by a strict regard to the dictates of conscience, or by the known or supposed rules of right and wrong (said of a person).
- Synonym: faithful
- The advice of wise and conscientious people.
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Translations
thorough, careful, or vigilant — see also aware
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influenced by conscience
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Further reading
- “conscientious”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “conscientious”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “vigilance” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
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