comprehensiveness

English

Etymology

From comprehensive +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kɑmpɹɪˈhɛnsɪvnəs/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɒmpɹɪˈhɛnsɪvnəs/

Noun

comprehensiveness (uncountable)

1. The state of being comprehensive.

   Hypernym: extensiveness

   Hyponym: exhaustiveness

   Coordinate term: comprehension

   • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 312:

     It was this comprehensiveness which made the art so compelling.

   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page viii:

     The supplementary bibliography (in Vol. VI) attests to the comprehensiveness of the effort.