Definition of Expansiveness in English :

Define Expansiveness in English

Expansiveness meaning in English

Meaning of Expansiveness in English

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Expansiveness pronunciation in English

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Expansiveness

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Noun

1. expansiveness, expansivity

a quality characterized by magnificence of scale or the tendency to expand

Example Sentences:
'the expansiveness of their extravagant life style was soon curtailed'

2. effusiveness, expansiveness, expansivity

a friendly open trait of a talkative person

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Expansiveness

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adjective
1. 
able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion
2. 
wide; extensive
3. 
friendly, open, or talkative
an expansive person
4. 
grand or extravagant
an expansive way of life
5. psychiatry
lacking restraint in the expression of feelings, esp in having delusions of grandeur or being inclined to overvalue oneself or one's work

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Expansiveness

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adjective
1. 
tending or being able to expand
2. 
of, or working by means of, expansion
3. 
widely extended; broad; extensive; comprehensive
4. 
characterized by a free and generous nature; sympathetic; demonstrative; open
an expansive person
5.  Psychiatry
in or of a state characterized by overestimation of oneself, overgenerosity, euphoria, and, at times, delusions of grandeur

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Expansiveness

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adj.
1. Capable of expanding or tending to expand.
2. Broad in size or extent; comprehensive: expansive police powers.
3. Open and communicative; talkative or effusive: Wine made the guest expansive.
4. Grand in scale: an expansive lifestyle.

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