comprehensivenessn.
/kɒmprɪˈhɛnsɪvnɪs/ a. Comprehensive quality or state, the quality of comprising or including much.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > condition or state of being inclusive > [noun] > comprehensiveness
comprehension1614
comprehensiveness1635
comprehensibility1654
embracingness1872
1635 R. Shelford Five Pious Disc. 188 The universalitie and comprehensivenesse of God's will.
1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iv. v. 291 General Truths..by their comprehensiveness..enlarge our view, and shorten our way to Knowledge.
1791 E. Burke Appeal New to Old Whigs 133 In learning, sense, energy, and comprehensiveness it is fully equal to all the modern dissertations.
1883 Harper's Mag. Feb. 473/1 The comprehensiveness of the volume is surprising.
b. spec. Breadth of intellectual range, mental capaciousness.
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > high intelligence, genius > [noun] > breadth, depth, strength of intellect
strengthOE
largenessa1382
profoundnessc1475
breadth1532
profundity1559
amplitude1575
deptha1593
powerfulnessc1595
universality1605
fathoma1616
spaciousness1657
comprehensiveness1683
grasp1683
altitudo1933
1683 W. Cave Ecclesiastici 218 The quickness and comprehensiveness of his Parts.
1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia II. xxviii*. 25 Those, whose accuracy of remark, and comprehensiveness of knowledge, made their suffrages worthy of regard.
1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets ii. 37 Nothing is more remarkable about Empedocles than his versatility and comprehensiveness.
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