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- 1. lack of restraint in spending money or using resources: "his reckless extravagance with other people's money" Similar Opposite
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Oct 8, 2023 · The word “extravagance” refers to the act of spending more than is necessary or the quality of being lavish and excessive. It often implies a lack of restraint in spending money or using resources.
May 2, 2024 · extravagance. (n.) 1640s, "an extravagant act," from French extravagance, from Late Latin extravagantem (see extravagant ). Specifically of wasteful spending from 1727. The meaning "quality of being extravagant" is from 1670s.
Apr 25, 2024 · Synonyms for hedonism are pleasure seeking, self-indulgence, decadence, sensualism, epicureanism, self-gratification, high living, excess, extravagance, luxury, and overindulgence. Hedonists are often called party people.
Mar 11, 2024 · In a narrower sense, extravagance is defined as extreme use of economic resources and unnecessary economic activities; it appears that the Quran uses the term in a broader sense to refer to a wide range of meanings including association, disbelief, extremity, exploitation, and acts and behaviors against human nature.
Aug 21, 2023 · Their stories, rich with passion, innovation, and aspiration, exemplify the timeless human yearning to attain, display, and revel in the epitome of excellence and extravagance. Egypt: The Golden Sands of Opulence. Luxury in ancient Egypt was a reflection of both earthly power and divine connection.
May 23, 2024 · Extravagance Defined Extravagance (isrāf) in Islamic context refers to spending excessively beyond one’s means or necessities. It is often driven by a desire to impress others or to indulge in fleeting pleasures, rather than to fulfill genuine needs.
Sep 6, 2023 · Collective nouns for extravagance refer to a group or collection of things or people that are defined by their excessive or luxurious behavior, actions, or qualities. These nouns are often used to describe a gathering or assemblage engaged in indulgent, lavish, or opulent activities.
Jan 12, 2024 · Within the modern social world, however, that expansion is exacerbated and, in the case of our mere desires in particular, leads to a “bad infinity,” as we have seen Hegel put it above in the quote from §185Z of the Philosophy of Right.
Feb 25, 2024 · Manifestation d'un comportement ou d'une parole qui s'écarte de la norme par son caractère excessif ou déraisonnable. Ces écarts d’imagination ne paraissent pas invraisemblables, quand on est témoin des folies, des extravagance s que ces belles Liméniennes font faire aux étrangers.
Dec 15, 2023 · We will take seriously the notion that there is a need to talk about extravagance, as defined by Eitelmann and Haumann (2022, pp. 2, 5), and that this notion is a ‘trigger for language variation and change’.
