immoderacy
noun
im·mod·er·a·cy (ˌ)i(m)-ˈmä-d(ə-)rə-sē 
: lack of moderation
Synonyms
- excess
- excessiveness
- exorbitance
- immoderation
- insobriety
- intemperance
- intemperateness
- nimiety
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
the same immoderacy that caused him to become a drug addict later impelled him to embrace religious fanaticism
Word History
First Known Use
1682, in the meaning defined above
immoderacy
noun
as in excessiveness
a propensity for extremes in one's actions, beliefs, or habits the same immoderacy that caused him to become a drug addict later impelled him to embrace religious fanaticism Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- excessiveness
- immoderation
- excess
- nimiety
- extremism
- exorbitance
- unreasonableness
- intemperance
- insobriety
- irrationality
- extravagance
- radicalism
- intemperateness
- prodigality
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- moderation
- temperateness
- temperance
- moderateness