moderateness

moderateness
noun
1. the property of being moderate in price or expenditures
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the store is famous for the reasonableness of its prices

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the modestness of the living standards here becomes obvious immediately

Syn: ↑reasonableness, ↑modestness
Derivationally related forms: ↑modest (for: ↑modestness), ↑moderate, ↑reasonable (for: ↑reasonableness)
Hypernyms: ↑inexpensiveness
2. quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes
Syn: ↑moderation
Ant: ↑immoderation (for: ↑moderation)
Derivationally related forms: ↑moderate, ↑moderate (for: ↑moderation)
Hypernyms: ↑degree, ↑grade, ↑level
Hyponyms: ↑golden mean, ↑reasonableness
Attrubites: ↑moderate, ↑immoderate

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