superfluity
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Synonyms & Antonyms for superfluity
Synonyms
amenity, comfort, extra, frill, indulgence, luxury
Antonyms
basic, essential, fundamental, must, necessity, requirement
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Perhaps the excess and superfluity of our present-day leaders’ clothing is a subconscious compensation for not being clothed with power from on high? — Troy Patterson, The New Yorker, "The Normcore Opulence of Preachers Wearing Four-Figure Sneakers," 14 June 2019 The skull and its accompanying void inhabit a more abstract reality, a statement stripped of all superfluity. — Teju Cole, New York Times, "Joel Meyerowitz’s Career Is a Minihistory of Photography," 18 Jan. 2018 Sarah Perry’s After the Eclipse, on the other hand, is stripped of superfluity. — Laura Miller, Slate Magazine, "True Crime Gets Pretty," 15 Aug. 2017 And for those who are very creatively strong, who have a filter, having such a superfluity of launching pads and diving boards works out well. — Bruce Sterling, WIRED, "Musica Globalista: the farewell essay by Simon Reynolds, ‘Here Comes Everything’," 2 Sep. 2011These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'superfluity.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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