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Definition of Immoderateness
1. Noun. The quality of being excessive and lacking in moderation.
Generic synonyms: Degree, Grade, Level
Specialized synonyms: Excess, Excessiveness, Inordinateness
Derivative terms: Immoderate
Antonyms: Moderation
Definition of Immoderateness
1. n. The quality of being immoderate; excess; extravagance.
Definition of Immoderateness
1. Noun. the quality of being immoderate, lack of moderation or temperance ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Immoderateness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Immoderateness
Literary usage of Immoderateness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Science of Ethics by Michael Cronin (1917)
"According to some writers, revision of the legislative measures introduced into
the Lower House is necessary merely on account of the immoderateness of many ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"The legend has in recent times attached itself to individual sportsmen, who, as
a punishment for their immoderateness or cruelty in sport, or for hunting on ..."
3. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1916)
"The immoderateness that characterized his sensations, his efforts, his actions,
may well have had its cause in this same instability. ..."
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