Comprehensiveness

//kɑmpɹɪˈhɛnsɪvnəs// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being comprehensive. uncountable

    "He was bent on prosecuting without delay his schemes of conquest in other quarters — schemes of a grandeur and a comprehensiveness unknown to any previous monarch."

  2. 2
    the capacity to understand a broad range of topics wordnet
  3. 3
    completeness over a broad scope wordnet

Synonyms

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admissibilityadmissionamplitudeassimilationbreadthbreadth

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"He was bent on prosecuting without delay his schemes of conquest in other quarters — schemes of a grandeur and a comprehensiveness unknown to any previous monarch."

Etymology

From comprehensive + -ness.

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