The quality or state of being gory; the extent to which something is bloody or contains graphic violence.
Abstract noun formed from 'gory' plus the -ness suffix (Old English -nes), which nominializes adjectives. The suffix has been productive in English for over a thousand years.
The -ness suffix is perhaps English's greatest gift for making abstract nouns—'goriness,' 'happiness,' 'darkness'—it lets us talk about qualities as things, which is surprisingly powerful for philosophy and psychology.
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