obsessiveness

English

Etymology

From obsessive +‎ -ness.

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Noun

obsessiveness (uncountable)

1. The characteristic of being obsessive.
   • 2005 December 25, Michael Sokolove, “The Debunker”, in The New York Times Magazine‎^[1]:

     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.