demandingness

English

Etymology

From demanding +‎ -ness.

Noun

demandingness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being demanding.
    • 2009 May 10, “Enlightenment Therapy”, in The New York Times‎[1]:
      The Buddhist concept of tanha, for example — roughly translated as “blind demandingness” — encapsulates many tenets of R.E.B.T. and points the way toward emotional equanimity: stop asking more of the universe than it can possibly deliver.
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