excessiveness
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6.2
- noun
- /ɪkˈsɛsɪvnəs/
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excesividad
- Many people criticized the excessiveness of the new regulations imposed on small businesses.
Examples
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Her excessiveness in wanting the latest gadgets caused her financial troubles.
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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
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4.4
Doing something too much, often in an unhealthy or wrong way
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7.0
Being more extreme than normal in words or actions
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7.2
A quality of being shocking or extreme
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7.0
How far something goes beyond normal limits
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8.6
Doing or having too much of something without control
A way of behaving that is too much
An amount or level much higher than reasonable
A state of being more than is needed or wanted
A state of being too extreme and beyond what is reasonable
Antonyms
How Excessive
Surface Forms
Morphology
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'.