overzealousness

English

Etymology

From overzealous +‎ -ness.

Noun

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.

Related terms

• overzealously
• zealousness