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excessiveness

excessiveness

1 6.2
The state of having more than is needed
  • noun
  • /ɪkˈsɛsɪvnəs/
translation icon : excesividad
  • Many people criticized the excessiveness of the new regulations imposed on small businesses.

Examples

  • Her excessiveness in wanting the latest gadgets caused her financial troubles.

  • For the two decades since Solem, the "excessiveness" vision of the Eighth Amendment has unambiguously prevailed in the Court's jurisprudence, despite Justice Scalia's robust advocacy of the "vicious methods" vision.

    Academic text (2004)
  • In contrast, China will resist when it sees significant excessiveness in the US demand.

    Academic text (2000)
  • My point is that at one point, people here in the US prized responsibility and ethical behavior over excessiveness and splendor.

    Blog text (11)
  • The perceived excessiveness is usually related to China's political system, sovereignty, territorial integrity, and its basic needs for survival and development.

    Academic text (2000)
  • Excessiveness was prohibited only in respect of bail and fines, not in respect of punishments generally, because excessiveness in bail and fines could be measured objectively.

    Academic text (2008)
  • The excessiveness of his spending led to serious debt problems.

Synonyms

excess
vsexcessiveness
62 4.4

Doing something too much, often in an unhealthy or wrong way

is the general state of exceeding normal or reasonable limits
extravagance
vsexcessiveness
3 7.0

Being more extreme than normal in words or actions

is broader naming the simple quality of exceeding reasonable limits
outrageousness
vsexcessiveness
3 7.2

A quality of being shocking or extreme

focuses on general excess rather than shock or unusualness
extremeness
vsexcessiveness
1 7.0

How far something goes beyond normal limits

is less about shock and more about general excess or immoderation
immoderation
vsexcessiveness
1 8.6

Doing or having too much of something without control

has identical meaning but is a different form of the term
immoderateness
vsexcessiveness
9.9

A way of behaving that is too much

has identical meaning but differs only as a variant form
exorbitance
vsexcessiveness
8.8

An amount or level much higher than reasonable

is the general quality of exceeding what is normal or permitted
overmuchness
vsexcessiveness
  • Archaic
9.9

A state of being more than is needed or wanted

is the usual term for the same excess in general contexts
inordinateness
vsexcessiveness
  • Formal
9.9

A state of being too extreme and beyond what is reasonable

is the common word for exceeding normal or reasonable limits

Antonyms

47 3.5

Keeping actions or feelings within reasonable limits

5 7.1

Control of eating, drinking, and behavior to avoid excess

How Excessive

profligacy
  • Formal
3 9.8
extravagance
7 6.8
excessiveness
1 6.2

Surface Forms

excessiveness singular

Morphology

excessiveness = excessive (transparent) = excess + ive + ness

Standard noun formation by adding '-ness' to the adjective 'excessive' to indicate a state or quality.

Etymology

Excessiveness starts with ex- meaning 'out' and shares the same idea as the common word exceed, which means 'to go beyond'. So excessiveness is the state of 'going beyond' a limit — in short, 'too much' or 'immoderation'.