capaciousness
- noun
- /kəˈpeɪʃəsnəs/
:
amplitud
- The professor's capaciousness in understanding complex theories made his lectures engaging.
Examples
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But despite the book's capaciousness, it's remarkably concise.
Blog text (1) -
There are ways of reading the parable in accord with each of these positions, but my purpose here is to examine the capaciousness of this fabula as an ideological structure.
Academic text (1992) -
In that sense, then, you're trying to write a poem that is faithful to your voice but has the capacity, the capaciousness to have another voice occupied.
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Danner's vision of unity and capaciousness is a striking counterpart to Monroe's conception of the magazine's editorial aim, which she called its open door policy.
Blog text (4) -
"Yes, this is a crude attempt to gain entrance to IH's hallowed blogroll, and maybe even a blurb-out listing, but I still stand in awe of the capaciousness of mind that Mr. Burge has demonstrated to a barely worthy web world."
Blog text (21) -
Capaciousness allowed her to appreciate diverse perspectives during the debate.
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John's capaciousness for new ideas made him a great team leader in the project.
Synonyms
24
6.3
The range of subjects a person knows about
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6.1
A broad understanding of ideas and people, not focused on small details
The ability to accept different ideas and opinions
A willingness to accept different opinions and ways of life
Antonyms
How Open
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Capaciousness comes from the Latin capax 'able to hold', which comes from capere 'to take', and you can see the same idea in capacity and capable. So capaciousness of mind means having room to 'hold' many ideas and viewpoints.