as in excessiveness
a propensity for extremes in one's actions, beliefs, or habits
an exorbitance that seemed to have been brought about by a midlife crisis
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Recent Examples of exorbitance
The exorbitance of Park Place, the alien sound of Kamchatka and Irkutsk — these were backward-feeling games that urged ravenous competition.
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Dan Zak, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2023
Still, there’s a big difference between real, existing social democracy — of the sort on display in Denmark or Sweden —and the Christmas list exorbitance of the DSA platform.
—Will Wilkinson, Vox, 16 Aug. 2018
Dan Zak, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2023
Still, there’s a big difference between real, existing social democracy — of the sort on display in Denmark or Sweden —and the Christmas list exorbitance of the DSA platform.
—Will Wilkinson, Vox, 16 Aug. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exorbitance
excess
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Yet the outcome of the big bang was somehow a tiny sliver more matter than antimatter—all the galaxies, dust and living things in the universe belong to this minuscule excess.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
8 May 2026
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Delano Miami Beach, which was built in 1947 and became a wildly popular hot spot for celebrities and a symbol of Miami Beach excess after a 1995 renovation, has reopened after six years.—
Connie Ogle
May 8,
Miami Herald,
8 May 2026
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“Exorbitance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exorbitance. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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