OVERINDULGENCE Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

overindulgence

noun

Definition of overindulgence

as in immoderation

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as in wastefulness

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Recent Examples of overindulgence The ideal solution involves removing friction while subtly protecting against overindulgence, allowing individuals to choose based on their self-regulation needs. — Roger Dooley, Forbes.com, 5 June 2026 Gratitude for abundance can veer into overindulgence as the moon clashes with Jupiter. — Usa Today, USA Today, 13 Mar. 2026 The Bible never calls wine evil – only the overindulgence of it. — Lauren Green, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2025 Wood symbolizes imagination and creativity, while the snake symbolizes a favorable year with opportunities and to avoid overindulgence. — Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 17 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for overindulgence

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Noun

Rather, the term has come to stand for a range of attributes—intemperance, ordinariness, outsiderness, likability, spontaneity—that aren’t especially related philosophically, either to authenticity or to one another.

— Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 5 June 2026
The power to issue absolute pardons, explicitly stipulated in the founding document, has been exploited with bipartisan intemperance.

— Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025

Definition of intemperance

Noun

The Bosnia captain got himself an assist, made a goal-line clearance, and was partly responsible for Cyle Larin’s 78th-minute equaliser, which ensured Canada’s wastefulness didn’t stop them from earning a first World Cup point.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 7 July 2026
The humanitarian consequences of this wastefulness were well documented before last Wednesday.

— Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026

Definition of wastefulness

Noun

The bicentennial was the moment of nostalgic gluttony that topped them all, with its reenactment of battles, its old-fashioned sailing ships, and its outpouring of sappy patriotic products printed with the magic numerals 76.

— Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
Such gluttony now has been outlawed by the new rules put into place last week.

— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 3 June 2026

Definition of gluttony

Noun

Turkey salvaged some pride by beating the United States in their third and last game, but profligacy in front of goal was their downfall as they were dumped out of the tournament at the bottom of their group.

— Mark Carey, New York Times, 28 June 2026
Such profligacy slows real income growth, deters hiring, discourages innovation and drives up interest rates.

— Editorial, Boston Herald, 30 Mar. 2026

Definition of profligacy

Noun

For patients with emotional hunger, GLP-1 drugs do not address the root cause of the anxiety and depression driving that person’s overeating.

— Nadine Wehida, Scientific American, 25 June 2026
The researchers’ examples of those immediate desires include activities such as smoking, overeating, and going to the movies instead of completing a report for work.

— Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026

Definition of overeating

Noun

Heat dissipation Shedding waste heat is a significant problem—and probably the biggest challenge in orbit.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 15 July 2026
In addition to potentially offering low-cost, low-dissipation computing, thermodynamic computing might also offer insights into the way natural complex systems work.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 15 July 2026

Definition of dissipation

Noun

Jordan Cvetanovski, chairman and chief investment officer at Pella Funds, said demand for AI infrastructure remains strong as companies race to build computing capacity, but signs of speculative excess are beginning to emerge.

— Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 15 July 2026
The rest of the trailer is filled with the kind of Eighties-style excess — with a gruesome tinge — that showcases what a good match Ellis and Murphy are for each other.

— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2026

Definition of excess

Noun

But even the self-indulgence on display could not ruin the privilege of watching football in a stadium that magnificent.

— Phil Hay, New York Times, 4 July 2026
Simón, who undertook a similar odyssey at the same age, never allows this delicate story to succumb to self-indulgence or an inflated sense of its own importance.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026

Definition of self-indulgence

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