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Definition of Comprehensiveness

1. Noun. Completeness over a broad scope.

2. Noun. The capacity to understand a broad range of topics. "A man distinguished by the largeness and scope of his views"

Definition of Comprehensiveness

1. n. The quality of being comprehensive; extensiveness of scope.

Definition of Comprehensiveness

1. Noun. The state of being comprehensive. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Comprehensiveness

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Literary usage of Comprehensiveness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Genesis of Art-form: An Essay in Comparative Aesthetics Showing the by George Lansing Raymond (1893)
"... AND comprehensiveness. The Order of the Arrangement of the Methods in the last Chapter Corresponds to that of the Use of them by the Artist—Who in each ..."

2. Etching & Etchers by Philip Gilbert Hamerton (1868)
"<> S. TN the planning of this work, I had given one chapter to -*• abstraction, and another to comprehensiveness, the difficulty being which to put first. ..."

3. Purchasing Managed Care Services for Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment by Stephen Moss (1997)
"For purposes of this discussion, "comprehensiveness" refers to the capacity to: • Short- and long-term residential treatment services • Provide a full ..."

4. The Educational Views and Influence of De Witt Clinton by Edward Augustus Fitzpatrick (1911)
"CHAPTER IV SIGNIFICANCE OF CLINTON'S VIEWS THE comprehensiveness OF THE PLAN The first significant thing to be noted in a statement of Clinton's ..."

5. Etchings & Etchers by Philip Gilbert Hamerton (1905)
"comprehensiveness. TN the planning of this work, I had given one chapter to abstraction, ... It seemed best to put comprehensiveness first, for this reason, ..."

6. Report of the Proceedings by Church congress (1879)
"The Right Hon. and Most Rev. the LORD ARCHBISHOP OF YORK took the Chair at 1o AM THE JUST LIMITS OF comprehensiveness IN THE NATIONAL CHURCH. ..."

7. The Essentials of æsthetics in Music, Poetry, Painting, Sculpture and by George Lansing Raymond (1921)
"It is hardly necessary to show that the principle of variety applied to congruity leads to incongruity, or that both together lead to comprehensiveness. ..."

8. Mornings in the College Chapel: Short Addresses to Young Men on Personal by Francis Greenwood Peabody (1907)
"... splendid comprehensiveness of the Christian claim. All things, says the Apostle, are yours. Nothing lies outside the sphere of the Christian religion. ..."

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