Meaning & use
Fastidiousness
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Extreme or excessive care over details, cleanliness, or accuracy, often to the point of being hard to please.
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The chef's fastidiousness about ingredient freshness meant nothing arrived more than a day old.
Her fastidiousness about grammar made her a demanding but effective editor.
A note on using this word
Despite its root in Latin 'fastidium' (disgust or loathing), the modern sense is usually neutral or even admiring, describing careful attention rather than distaste.
Words with a similar meaning
meticulousnessfinickiness
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Words with an opposite meaning
carelessnesssloppiness
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