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   extravagance

   /ɪkˈstravəɡ(ə)ns/

   noun

   • 1. lack of restraint in spending money or using resources: "his reckless extravagance with other people's money" Similar profligacylack of thriftunthriftinessthriftlessnessimprovidencewastefulnesswasteoverspendingprodigalitysquanderinglavishnessimmoderationexcessrecklessnesslack of restraintirresponsibilityspendthrift behaviourfree-spending waysOpposite thrift
   • ▪ a thing on which too much money has been spent or which has used up too many resources: "salmon trout is an unnecessary extravagance" Similar luxuryindulgenceself-indulgencecomforttreatextranon-essentialfrillrefinementOpposite necessity
   • ▪ excessive elaboration: "the extravagance of the decor" Similar ornatenesselaboratenessdecorationembellishmentadornmentornamentationshowinessoverstatementostentationexaggerationover-elaboratenessexcessivenessexaggerationexaggeratednessunreservednessoutrageousnessimmoderationpreposterousnessabsurdityirrationalityrecklessnesswildnessexcessoverkilllack of restraint/reserveOpposite plainness

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from French, from medieval Latin extravagant- ‘diverging greatly’, from the verb extravagari (see extravagant).

   Derivatives

   • 1. extravagancy noun

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