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demandingness

noun

Etymology

From demanding + -ness.

  1. derived from demando
  2. derived from demander
  3. inherited from demaunden
  4. suffixed as demanding — “demand + ing”
  5. formed as demandingness — “demanding + -ness”

Definitions

  1. The state or quality of being demanding.

    • The Buddhist concept of tanha, for example — roughly translated as “blind demandingness” — encapsulates many tenets of R.E.B.T. and points the way toward emotional equanimity: stop asking more of the universe than it can possibly deliver.

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