comprehensiveness

English

Etymology

From comprehensive +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

comprehensiveness (uncountable)

The state of being comprehensive.
- 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 312:
  It was this comprehensiveness which made the art so compelling.
- 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page viii
  The supplementary bibliography (in Vol. VI) attests to the comprehensiveness of the effort.

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