excessiveness

C2+ Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /ɪkˈsɛsɪvnəs/ UK /ɪkˈsɛsɪvnəs/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
the quality of being too much or going beyond reasonable limits

The excessiveness of the decorations made the small room feel cluttered.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the quality of being too... excessimmoderationextravagance superfluityexorbitanceoverindulgence surfeit

Opposites

moderation restraint temperance

Word family

Related forms excessive excess exceed

Etymology

From excessive + -ness, from Old French excessif, from Latin excessus ('a going beyond'), from excedere ('to go beyond'), from ex- ('out') + cedere ('to go').

excessus Latin cedere Latin

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Abstract Ideas Word Formation & Derivatives

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# excessiveness

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ɪkˈsɛsɪvnəs/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪkˈsɛsɪvnəs/

## Meanings
1. the quality of being too much or going beyond reasonable limits

## Examples
- The excessiveness of the decorations made the small room feel cluttered.

## Synonyms
- excess
- immoderation
- extravagance
- superfluity
- exorbitance
- overindulgence
- surfeit

## Antonyms
- moderation
- restraint
- temperance

## Related Forms
- excessive
- excess
- exceed

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: excessus
- Root: cedere

## Etymology
From excessive + -ness, from Old French excessif, from Latin excessus ('a going beyond'), from excedere ('to go beyond'), from ex- ('out') + cedere ('to go').

## AI Etymology
Excessiveness is from excessive + -ness, from Old French excessif, from Latin excessus ('a going beyond'), from excedere ('to go beyond'), from ex- ('out') + cedere ('to go'). Important recorded forms include excessus (Latin) and cedere (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers the quality of being too much or going beyond reasonable limits. The wider family includes related words such as excessive, excess, and exceed.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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