Expansivenesses

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The quality of being wide-ranging or having a vast scope
2. The condition of possessing an extensive nature or magnitude
3. A state characterized by a sense of openness and broadness in different contexts

Etymology: "Expansivenesses" is simply the plural of "expansiveness", so it is the form of a word that names a quality rather than a thing, and the plural is used when several distinct kinds of breadth or scope are meant. The noun is built from "expansive", which came into English from the Latin "expansivus", the adjective of "expandere" meaning "to spread out", and the suffix "-ness", which has been attached to English adjectives since Old English to turn them into nouns of state or quality. "Expansiveness" is a straightforward compound of the two, formed in English from those parts rather than borrowed whole.

Synonyms: vastnesses, breadths, extents, ranges, amplitudes

Antonyms: compactnesses, narrownesses, contractions, limitations, restrictions