OFFICIOUSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does officiousness mean? 

• OFFICIOUSNESS (noun)
  The noun OFFICIOUSNESS has 1 sense:

1. aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding; by advancing yourself or your ideas without invitation

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• OFFICIOUSNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding; by advancing yourself or your ideas without invitation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

intrusiveness; meddlesomeness; officiousness

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

aggressiveness (the quality of being bold and enterprising)

Attribute:

intrusive (tending to intrude (especially upon privacy))

not intrusive; unintrusive (not interfering or meddling)

Derivation:

officious (intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner)

 Context examples 

His ease and cheerfulness rendered him a most agreeable addition to their evening party; and he bore with the ill-judged officiousness of the mother, and heard all her silly remarks with a forbearance and command of countenance particularly grateful to the daughter.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)