immoderation
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of immoderation
First recorded in 1535–45, immoderation is from the Latin word immoderātiōn- (stem of immoderātiō ). See im- 2, moderation
Example Sentences
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Self-deprivation could, after all, be rebranded as a form of vanity, of narcissism, of immoderation — taking more than one’s due by another script.
From New York Times
A symbol of American abundance and immoderation, it is perhaps the original cultural appropriation: Those Pilgrims who made it through the winter of 1621 owed a debt to Wampanoag maize.
From Washington Post
The menu, written only on chalkboards, in French, is defined by exuberant immoderation, a blend of the haute and the gluttonous.
From The New Yorker
And it is a tale of a political party — the United Malays National Organization, which Mr. Najib led — that teethed on graft and patronage and collapsed under the weight of its own immoderation.
From New York Times
You may wish, at times, for a dash of immoderation, but the show’s deceptively gentle approach is also what makes it stand apart in our angry times.
From New York Times
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