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overpowerfulness

overpowerfulness noun: the quality of being overpowerful.

Noun

overpowerfulness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being overpowerful.
    • What defences have we against this overpowerfulness of the bureaucrat?1943 December, Christopher Hollis, “Mr. [Hilaire] Belloc’s Servile State and the Beveridge Plan”, in Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review, volume XXXII, number 128, Dublin: The Educational Company of...
    • In the tenth century there is evidence that the government was taking action against kin, its chosen instrument, where its overpowerfulness made it a menace to the state.1972, Helen M. Jewell, “Police Functions”, in English Local Administration in the Middle Ages, Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles; New York, N.Y.: Barnes & Noble Books, →ISBN, chapter 6 (The...

Synonyms of overpowerfulness

Origin of overpowerfulness

From overpowerful + -ness.

Questions about overpowerfulness

What does overpowerfulness mean?
Overpowerfulness means the quality of being overpowerful.
What part of speech is overpowerfulness?
Overpowerfulness is a noun.

Words near overpowerfulness in the dictionary

  1. overpowerers
  2. overpowerest
  3. overpowereth
  4. overpowerful
  5. overpowerfully
  6. overpowerfulness
  7. overpowering
  8. overpoweringly
  9. overpoweringness
  10. overpowerings
  11. overpowers

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