as in excessiveness
a propensity for extremes in one's actions, beliefs, or habits
the artist's ingrained nimiety results in cloying pictures of cute kids holding even cuter animals
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excess
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Ellison acquired Weiss’s the Free Press, a centrist digital news site that often targets excesses of the political left and is staunchly pro-Israel.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026 -
Stomach-turning excesses by Immigration and Customs Enforcement have turned many Americans’ abstract political preference into something uncomfortably concrete.—
George F. Will,
Washington Post,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Nimiety.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nimiety. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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