thoroughgoingness

Noun

thoroughgoingness (uncountable)

1. The quality of being thoroughgoing.
   • Besides the eloquence it lends to Gesture, the Orchestra may become a vital factor in the exposition of the poet's aim: " The language of the orchestra, moreover, is able to attach itself just as intimately to the verse-melody as to the gesture, and thus to develop into a messenger of the very...1900, Carl Friedrich Glasenapp, William Ashton Ellis, Life of Richard Wagner, K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, pages 133-134
   • The “thoroughgoingness” which he later identified as perhaps his most characteristic trait, led him in this case to renounce everything that did not benefit others, including sleep.1958, Philosophical Sources of the Japanese Tradition, Columbia University Press, page 820