Meaning of "double-mindedness" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF DOUBLE-MINDEDNESS

double-mindedness  [ˌdʌbəlˈmaɪndɪdnɪs]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DOUBLE-MINDEDNESS

Double-Mindedness is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DOUBLE-MINDEDNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Double-mindedness

Double-mindedness has been preached about in all churches since the time of Christ and the term was used in the Bible by the Apostle James, he wrote, Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. But the brother of humble circumstances is to glory in his high position; and the rich man is to glory in his humiliation, because like flowering grass he will pass away. For the sun rises with a scorching wind and withers the grass; and its flower falls off and the beauty of its appearance is destroyed; so too the rich man in the midst of his pursuits will fade away.

Definition of double-mindedness in the English dictionary

The definition of double-mindedness in the dictionary is indecision; vacillation.

TRANSLATION OF DOUBLE-MINDEDNESS

Find out the translation of double-mindedness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of double-mindedness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «double-mindedness» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 双重意识
• Translator English - Spanish: doble ánimo
• English: double-mindedness
• Translator English - Hindi: डबल उदारता
• Translator English - Arabic: مزدوج الأفق
• Translator English - Russian: дважды мышления
• Translator English - Portuguese: dupla de espírito
• Translator English - Bengali: ডবল মানসিকতার
• Translator English - French: duplicité
• Translator English - Malay: Berpikiran ganda
• Translator English - German: Doppelsinn
• Translator English - Japanese: ダブル闊達
• Translator English - Korean: 더블 마인드
• Translator English - Javanese: Mindedness ganda
• Translator English - Vietnamese: đôi cởi
• Translator English - Tamil: இரட்டை மனதுடனான
• Translator English - Marathi: दुहेरी मनाचा
• Translator English - Turkish: çift ​​kafalılık
• Translator English - Italian: double - mentale
• Translator English - Polish: podwójne umysłu
• Translator English - Ukrainian: двічі мислення
• Translator English - Romanian: dublu de orizont
• Translator English - Greek: διπλό πνεύμα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: dubbel -gees
• Translator English - Swedish: dubbel mindedness
• Translator English - Norwegian: dobbel - mindedness

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOUBLE-MINDEDNESS»

Discover the use of double-mindedness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to double-mindedness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Upbuilding Discourses in Various Spirits

In this essay I shall focus on "busyness" (Travlhed), which is one of the self- deceptive mechanisms of double-mindedness Kierkegaard identifies in part one of Upbuilding Discourses in Various Spirits, "An Occasional Discourse," more ...

Robert L. Perkins, 2005

The Wisdom of Kierkegaard

When we reflect upon that, double mindedness becomes more obvious. For one and the same illness may be regarded very differently and its dangervaries according to the different wrong conceptions of punishment thatarepresent. Someone ...

Soren Kierkegaard, 2013

Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing

If one were briefly to characterize double.mindedness by a singleappropriate expression, what would bemorecharacteristic than that—“if,”“in case that”! For when the willinamangets commandsothathe keeps onwilling the Good and in truth ...

Soren Kierkegaard, 2013

Theory and Practice in Kant and Kierkegaard

With Kant's account of hypothetical imperatives in view, we can now return to Kierkegaard's account of double-mindedness. The person he again and again describes as 'double-minded' in Purity of Heart can best be understood as someone ...

Ulrich Knappe, 2004

Christian Spirituality: The Classics

the same as double-mindedness. Or one may simultaneously want antithetical things, or not know what one really wants. This would be a state of irresoluteness, which is much closer to double-mindedness, but still not identical to it.

Arthur Holder, 2009

The Fear, the Trembling, and the Fire: Kierkegaard and ...

Chapter Four deals with what Kierkegaard called Abraham's "double- mindedness," that is: Abraham's fully expecting to lose Isaac in the sacrifice and also believing wholeheartedly and at the same time that this would not come to pass.

Jerome I. Gellman, 1994

The Apostolic Fathers in English

He said to me, “Rid yourself of double-mindedness, and do not be at all double- minded about asking God for something, saying to yourself, for example, 'How can I ask for something from God and receive it, when I have sinned so often ...

Michael W. Holmes, 2006

Press Professionalization and Propaganda: The Rise of ...

This chapter explores how these developments reflect the crystallization within journalism of a problematic double-mindedness that results in the appearance of propaganda as news. The final chapter, “Journalistic Double-Mindedness: The ...

Burton St. John III

Morality, Reflection, and Ideology

Introduction Double-mindedness is best understood in contrast with single- mindedness. To be single-minded is to have a strong enough motive to override any other motive that may conflict with it. To be double- minded is to have two strong ...

Edward Harcourt, 2000

Prayers

Some of the strongest words in the Bible speak of confusion and double- mindedness. First we are told in I Corinthians 14: 33 that God is not the author of confusion. So in knowing this it is easy to say that confusion and double- mindedness is ...

Dimple Mcinvale, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DOUBLE-MINDEDNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term double-mindedness is used in the context of the following news items.

5 Of The Most Extreme Claims Made Against Common Core In The …

... Institutes for Research, the group tasked with designing Common Core tests in the Sunshine State, "will promote double-mindedness in state ... «Huffington Post, Jun 15»

Desperately Seeking Womanhood: Bruce Jenner & Masculine …

Transgenderism exposes double-mindedness about the body. When a child “cuts” themselves, carving marks into their skin, people of varying ... «Patheos, Apr 15»

OPINION: Goodness and power

I don't know if Hillary Clinton possesses this double-mindedness. But I do know that if candidates don't acquire a moral compass outside of ... «Sierra Vista Herald, Apr 15»

Goodness and power: Examining qualities that make effective …

I don't know if Hillary Clinton possesses this double-mindedness. But I do know that if candidates don't acquire a moral compass outside of ... «MassLive.com, Apr 15»

Goodness and Power

I don't know if Hillary Clinton possesses this double-mindedness. But I do know that if candidates don't acquire a moral compass outside of ... «New York Times, Apr 15»

A Tale of Two Iowa Caucus Power-Brokers

'Stubborn double-mindedness' just isn't the most inspirational campaign slogan. What success in Iowa does require is a direct yet winsome ... «Town Hall, Mar 15»

Chandika's 'freedom' works

There has been huge problem among most of the Bangladeshi batsmen regarding their double-mindedness about shot selection but he gave ... «The Daily Star, Mar 15»

Here's the Biblical Way to Overcome Anxiety and Depression

... King Saul, was made his armor-bearer, and was welcomed into the royal family. But Saul's favor turned to jealousy and double-mindedness. «Charisma News, Feb 15»

“Blessed are the pure in heart”—not the double-minded and those …

The vision of him is purifying, as it exposes my double-mindedness. I may not be drawn to Jim Morrison as a rock god anymore (though I enjoy ... «Patheos, Feb 15»

The Path of Writing

Could reading Kierkegaard cure me of what he calls "double-mindedness"? I decided to read his book as if it were an instruction manual, follow ... «Tricycle, Feb 15»