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obsessiveness

obsessiveness noun: the characteristic of being obsessive.

Noun

obsessiveness (uncountable)

  1. The characteristic of being obsessive.
    • His obsessiveness makes it hard to get a word in when you talk to him.
    • The part of that word to focus on is bunk, short for bunkum, which is what these types attack with vigor and all the obsessiveness of the bunkum spreaders themselves.2005 December 25, Michael Sokolove, “The Debunker”, in The New York Times Magazine

Origin of obsessiveness

From obsessive + -ness.

Questions about obsessiveness

What does obsessiveness mean?
Obsessiveness means the characteristic of being obsessive.
What part of speech is obsessiveness?
Obsessiveness is a noun.

Words near obsessiveness in the dictionary

  1. obsessive-compulsive personality disordered
  2. obsessive-compulsive personality disorders
  3. obsessive-compulsiveness
  4. obsessive-compulsivity
  5. obsessively
  6. obsessiveness
  7. obsessives
  8. obsessoid
  9. obsessor
  10. obsessors
  11. obsidian

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