MODERATENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does moderateness mean? 

• MODERATENESS (noun)
  The noun MODERATENESS has 2 senses:

1. the property of being moderate in price or expenditures

2. quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes

  Familiarity information: MODERATENESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MODERATENESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The property of being moderate in price or expenditures

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

moderateness; modestness; reasonableness

Context example:

the modestness of the living standards here becomes obvious immediately

Hypernyms ("moderateness" is a kind of...):

inexpensiveness (the quality of being affordable)

Derivation:

moderate (being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

moderateness; moderation

Hypernyms ("moderateness" is a kind of...):

degree; grade; level (a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality)

Attribute:

moderate (being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme)

immoderate (beyond reasonable limits)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "moderateness"):

golden mean (the middle between extremes)

reasonableness (moderation in expectations)

Derivation:

moderate (not extreme)

moderate (being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme)

moderate (marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes)