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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 compulsivenessplay

  Familiarity information: OBSESSIVENESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OBSESSIVENESS (noun)


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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