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as in excessiveness
a propensity for extremes in one's actions, beliefs, or habits
a talk show that seems to select political pundits mostly for their exhibitionistic intemperateness
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as in alcoholism
habitual or excessive drinking of intoxicants
as far as the townspeople are concerned, the students at the local college seem to be far more noteworthy for their intemperateness than for their intellectualism
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Noun
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Carter's final film role came in 2020's The Way Back, which starred Ben Affleck as a high school basketball coach battling with alcoholism.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Jan. 2026 -
On Stranger Things, Susan Hargrove was last seen in Season 4, struggling with alcoholism and trying to support Max while living in the local trailer park.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
7 Jan. 2026
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Ellis wrote American Psycho as a satire of excess, a grotesque exaggeration of Reagan era moral vacancy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Jan. 2026
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When spot prices are rising for two-generation-old hardware, when every cloud provider is fully utilized, when demand keeps accelerating, that's not speculative excess.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Intemperateness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intemperateness. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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