overcrowdednessn.
/ˌəʊvəˈkraʊdᵻdnᵻs/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈkraʊdədnəs/ The state or fact of being overcrowded.
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the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [noun] > fullness > crowdedness > excessive
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overcrowdedness1902
1902 Daily Chron. 29 Sept. 3/3 It is here that the over~crowdedness of his pages comes most into evidence.
1933 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 41 657 The resulting reduction in relative overcrowdedness also raises the wages of those who cannot leave the overcrowded area or occupation.
1977 Listener 17 Mar. 339/1 A cell which..would beggar description in terms of coldness, smallness, over~crowdedness.
2002 Africa News (Nexis) 24 Apr. Tackling the overcrowdedness that breeds this squatter problem would be a far more acceptable priority.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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