demandingness

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noun

The state or quality of being demanding.

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Meanings

noundemandingness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state or quality of being demanding.

    The Buddhist concept of tanha, for example — roughly translated as “blind demandingness” — encapsulates many tenets of R.E.B.T. and points the way toward emotional equanimity: stop asking more of the universe than it can possibly deliver.

    2009 May 10, “Enlightenment Therapy”, in The New York Times

Origin

From demanding + -ness.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

maddeningness
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APA

demandingness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demandingness

MLA

“demandingness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demandingness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “demandingness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demandingness.

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