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OBSESSIVENESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does obsessiveness mean?
• OBSESSIVENESS (noun)
The noun OBSESSIVENESS has 1 sense:
1. extreme compulsiveness
Familiarity information: OBSESSIVENESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extreme compulsiveness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
obsessiveness; obsessivity
Hypernyms ("obsessiveness" is a kind of...):
compulsiveness; compulsivity (the trait of acting compulsively)
Derivation:
obsessive (characterized by or constituting an obsession)
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