CURIOSITY
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Definitions of CURIOSITY
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Disposition to inquire, investigate, or seek after knowledge; a desire to gratify the mind with new information or objects of interest; inquisitiveness.
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That which is curious, or fitted to excite or reward attention.
By Oddity Software
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The tendency to explore or investigate a novel environment. It is considered a motivation not clearly distinguishable from curiosity.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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State or quality of being curious: inquisitiveness: that which is curious: anything rare or unusual.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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