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EXCESSIVENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits
Synonyms:
excess; excessiveness; inordinateness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("excessiveness" is a kind of...):
immoderateness; immoderation (the quality of being excessive and lacking in moderation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "excessiveness"):
extravagance; extravagancy (the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth)
exorbitance; outrageousness (excessive excess)
embarrassment; overplus; plethora; superfluity (extreme excess)
Derivation:
excessive (beyond normal limits)
excessive (unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings)
