ex·trav·a·gan·cy

(ĭk-străv′ə-gən-sē)

n. pl. ex·trav·a·gan·cies

1. Extravagance.

2. Something extravagant.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

ex•trav•a•gance

(ɪkˈstræv ə gəns)

n.

1. excessive or unnecessary outlay of money.

2. unrestrained excess, as of actions or opinions.

3. something extravagant.

[1635–45; < French, Middle French]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

extravagancy - the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth; "we were surprised by the extravagance of his description"

extravagance

excessiveness, inordinateness, excess - immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits

extravagancy

noun

1. A condition of going or being beyond what is needed, desired, or appropriate:

embarrassment, excess, excessiveness, exorbitance, extravagance, extravagantness, overabundance, plethora, superabundance, superfluity, superfluousness, surfeit.

2. Excessive or imprudent expenditure:

extravagance, lavishness, prodigality, profligacy, profuseness, profusion, squander, waste, wastefulness.

3. Something costly and unnecessary:

extravagance, frill, luxury.

Mentioned in

References in periodicals archive

Gift packaging formats based on minimalism, with emphasis on essential values with no extravagancy, are gaining considerable popularity amid the customer marketplace.

Gift Packaging Market In-depth Analysis, Share and Insights Covering Market Share Forecast to 2028

Bajwa was of the opinion that the officers of civic body involved in auction process were doing their duties and paying extra pay to them was extravagancy. He had refused to approve such ex gratia in his tenure.

CDA to give Rs3 million as allowance ignoring PM's austerity drive

The extravagancy of public money would not be tolerated at any costs, he added.

Shehbaz vows action against illegal transplant of kidneys

It teaches humanity especially its believers, to lead a moderate life and prohibits extravagancy. Extravagancy and following wishes and desires results in the unabated loss of natural resources including forests, which creates several hazards for wild life as well as human being.

Sustainable Conservation of Forests: Islamic Guidelines

'To relieve the misfortunes of our fellow creatures us concurring with the Deity; 'tis Godlike, but if we provide encouragements for laziness, and supports for folly, may it not be found fighting against the order of God and nature, which perhaps has appointed want and misery as the proper punishments for, and cautions against as well as necessary consequences of idleness and extravagancy'.

Policing the demos: Foucault, Hegel & police power in Waller v. City of New York

According to those authors, a firm with limited tangible fixed assets has less collateralised debts and more difficulty in monitoring the extravagancy of its employees because of asymmetric information.

The wage response in exporting firms: evidence from machinery and chemical industries in India