overzealousness

English

Etymology

From overzealous +‎ -ness.

Noun

overzealousness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being too zealous
    • 2009 January 8, Nicholas D. Kristof, “The Gaza Boomerang”, in The New York Times‎[1], archived from the original on 9 November 2020:
      Many Gazans scorn Fatah as corrupt and incompetent, and they dislike Hamas's overzealousness and repression.
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