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Seriousness

Seriousness (noun; adjective: serious) is an attitude of gravity, solemnity, persistence, and earnestness toward something considered to be of importance. Some notable philosophers and commentators have criticised excessive seriousness, while others have praised it. Seriousness is often contrasted with comedy, as in the seriocomedy. In the theory of…

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Philosophical attitudes toward seriousness

PoetCultural criticLiterary criticMatthew ArnoldJoseph Addison
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GravityComedySeriocomedySense of humorSense of seriousness
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Seriousness and comedy

HumorPerforming artsLiteratureGenreDrama
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related to Philosophical disdain for seriousness · 13
Seriousness → American, Epigramist, In, Joseph Addison, Many, O'Rourke, Oscar Wilde, Perry Miller, Poet, Political, Puritan, Puritans, Samuel Butler
related to Detecting presence and absence of seriousness in humor · 4
Seriousness → An, Conversely, In, Psychologists
related to Measuring degree of seriousness in crime · 3
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measured by · 2
Seriousness → Perception, What
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Seriousness → Degrees, In
related to Praise for "high seriousness" in scholarship and poetry · 2
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related to Detecting degree of seriousness in developmental psychology · 1
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surgery.Measuring crime seriousness in the mediaThere is a positive correlation between the degree of seriousness of a crimeinstance ofSeriousness of illness is used to make decisions as to whether to perform invasive procedures0.80text
viewer ratings of news coverage.Cultural variation in measurementinstance ofSeriousness of illness is used to make decisions as to whether to perform invasive procedures0.80text
detectionWhat is considered serious varies widely across culturesinstance ofSeriousness of illness is used to make decisions as to whether to perform invasive procedures0.80text
is studied in sociologyinstance ofSeriousness of illness is used to make decisions as to whether to perform invasive procedures0.80text
cultural anthropologyinstance ofSeriousness of illness is used to make decisions as to whether to perform invasive procedures0.80text
and criminologyinstance ofSeriousness of illness is used to make decisions as to whether to perform invasive procedures0.80text
viewer ratings of news coverageinstance ofSeriousness of illness is used to make decisions as to whether to perform invasive procedures0.80text
Seriousnessmeasured byWhat0.60section
Seriousnessmeasured byPerception0.60section
Seriousnessrelated to Detecting degree of seriousness in developmental psychologyIn Developmental0.60section

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