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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While plenty of flashy tropical cocktails anchor the menu, Sumrall’s favorite libation leans more into 1920s excess.—
Josh Miller,
Southern Living,
10 Feb. 2026
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Mountainhead is one of HBO’s best original films and comes courtesy of writer-director Jesse Armstrong, one of the premier satirists of our age, having lampooned the world of media excess during Succession’s four seasons.—
Ilana Gordon,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Exorbitance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exorbitance. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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