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overstatedness

overstatedness noun: the state or quality of being overstated.

Noun

overstatedness (uncountable)

  1. the state or quality of being overstated.
    • But in their overstatedness, such claims seem to me to be an especially unfortunate side-effect of the wholly culturalized definition of groups.2014, Gideon Calder, Magali Bessone, Federico Zuolo, How Groups Matter: Challenges of Toleration in Pluralistic Societies, Routledge, →ISBN, page 28
    • In §3.1.5.2, we have seen another misstep in Sussman's reflections on torture: the overstatedness of his distinction between the anguish induced by torture and the anguish induced by natural illnesses or accidental injuries.2014, Matthew H. Kramer, Torture and Moral Integrity: A Philosophical Enquiry, OUP Oxford, →ISBN

Origin of overstatedness

From overstated + -ness.

Questions about overstatedness

What does overstatedness mean?
Overstatedness means the state or quality of being overstated.
What part of speech is overstatedness?
Overstatedness is a noun.

Words near overstatedness in the dictionary

  1. overstarve
  2. overstarved
  3. overstarving
  4. overstate
  5. overstated
  6. overstatedness
  7. overstately
  8. overstatement
  9. overstatements
  10. overstater
  11. overstaters

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