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EXTENSIVENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large or extensive in breadth or importance or comprehensiveness
Example:
the very extensiveness of his power was a temptation to abuse it
Synonyms:
extensiveness; largeness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("extensiveness" is a kind of...):
magnitude (relative importance)
Derivation:
extensive (broad in scope or content)
large (fairly large or important in effect; influential)