mindfulness
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• noun
A mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations, often used as a meditative or therapeutic technique.
"Practicing daily mindfulness helped her manage workplace stress and improve her concentration."
The quality or state of being conscious, attentive, or aware of something.
"He approached the negotiations with a strict mindfulness of the company's budget constraints."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in English from 'mindful' and the suffix '-ness', from Old English 'gemynd' (memory, thought). Its modern psychological and meditative sense was established in the late 19th century by British scholar T. W. Rhys Davids as a translation of the Pali Buddhist term 'sati' (awareness or retention).