effortfulness.

How much deliberate mental or physical effort an activity requires.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• the effortfulness of a task
• perceived effortfulness

On the page

Practice reduced the effortfulness of reading the unfamiliar symbols.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: usually uncountable; no ordinary plural. Writing functions: cognition, attention, evaluation. Commonness: uncommon outside research. Established English; no emotional intensity assigned.