Comprehensiveness

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Comprehensiveness \Com`pre*hen"sive*ness\, n.
     The quality of being comprehensive; extensiveness of scope.
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           Compare the beauty and comprehensiveness of legends on
           ancient coins.                           --Addison.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  comprehensiveness
       n 1: completeness over a broad scope [syn: {fullness}]
       2: an ability to understand a broad range of topics; "a teacher
          must have a breadth of knowledge of the subject" [syn: {breadth}]