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Etymology edit

overzealous +‎ -ness

Noun edit

overzealousness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being too zealous
    • 2009 January 8, Nicholas D. Kristof, “The Gaza Boomerang”, in New York Times[1]:
      Many Gazans scorn Fatah as corrupt and incompetent, and they dislike Hamas's overzealousness and repression.

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