Obsessiveness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The characteristic of being obsessive. uncountable

    "The part of that word to focus on is bunk, short for bunkum, which is what these types attack with vigor and all the obsessiveness of the bunkum spreaders themselves."

  2. 2
    extreme compulsiveness wordnet

Synonyms

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fanaticismobsessivityzealotry

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"The part of that word to focus on is bunk, short for bunkum, which is what these types attack with vigor and all the obsessiveness of the bunkum spreaders themselves."

Etymology

From obsessive + -ness.

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