awesomeness

English

Etymology

awesome +‎ -ness

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: ôʹsəmnəs, IPA^(key): /ˈɔːsəmnəs/

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Noun

awesomeness (usually uncountable, plural awesomenesses)

1. The quality of being awesome.
   • 2004, Robert C. Solomon, In Defense of Sentimentality, page 151:

     Traditional religions try to capture the awesomeness and subdue the terror with their sense of fate, as did Nietzsche. We should not deny that such notions are naturalistic just because they are also religious.

   • 2010, Michael Jayfox, E. Chas McSween, Intravenus DeMilo, Enron Hubbard, Hunter McKenzie-Smythe, Flash Johnson, Things Bogans Like, Sydney: Hachette, page 61:

     The bogan likes playing Epic Leads because the bogan is on an inexorable quest for maxtreme awesomeness.

Derived terms

• awesomenessness (nonce)

Translations

quality or state of being awesome

• French: génialité (fr) f