Extravagance
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| - | # [[excessive]] or [[superfluous]] expenditure of money | + | |
| - | # [[prodigality]] as in '''extravagance''' of anger, love, [[expression]], imagination, or demands. | + | '''Extravagance''' is [[restraint|unrestrained]] [[excess]]. Extravagant behaviour includes the frequent purchase of [[luxury goods]], and was once considered one of the [[seven deadly sins]] (frequently known, in [[Latin]], as ''luxuria''); as a result of [[semantic change]] in the [[Romance languages]], ''[[lust]]'' later replaced it in the list. |
| - | #* ''They [[spared]] nothing in obtaining '''extravagances''' for each other. Everything was [[lavish]] and wildly in [[excess]]. They were in love!'' | + | |
| + | However, when the [[adjective|adjectival form]] - ''extravagant'' - is used to refer to a person, it is usually considered to be a description of [[eccentricity|eccentric behaviour]], rather than a [[morality|moral criticism]]. | ||
| ==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
| from medieval Latin: '''[[extra]]''' + '''vagari''' (to wander). | from medieval Latin: '''[[extra]]''' + '''vagari''' (to wander). | ||
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| ==Synonyms== | ==Synonyms== | ||
| *[[lavishness]] | *[[lavishness]] | ||
| - | *[[profusion]] | ||
| *[[wildness]] | *[[wildness]] | ||
| *[[irregularity]] | *[[irregularity]] | ||
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| *[[profusion]] | *[[profusion]] | ||
| *[[waste]] | *[[waste]] | ||
| - | *[[unreasonableness]] | + | *[[unreasonable]] |
| *[[recklessness]] | *[[recklessness]] | ||
| ==Antonyms== | ==Antonyms== | ||
| *[[frugality]] | *[[frugality]] | ||
| - | *[[economize]] | + | *[[moderation]] |
| - | *[[moderation]]{{GFDL}} | + | ==See also== |
| + | *[[Tryphé]] | ||
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Extravagance is unrestrained excess. Extravagant behaviour includes the frequent purchase of luxury goods, and was once considered one of the seven deadly sins (frequently known, in Latin, as luxuria); as a result of semantic change in the Romance languages, lust later replaced it in the list.
However, when the adjectival form - extravagant - is used to refer to a person, it is usually considered to be a description of eccentric behaviour, rather than a moral criticism.
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Etymology
from medieval Latin: extra + vagari (to wander).
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