单词	intemperance
释义	intemperance noun in·​tem·​per·​ance (ˌ)in-ˈtem-p(ə-)rən(t)s  : lack of moderation especially : habitual or excessive drinking of intoxicants Synonyms alcoholism drunkenness insobriety intemperateness See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences in his harangue on the perils of drink, the prohibitionist claimed that intemperance has always been the number one destroyer of marriages there's a wearisome intemperance in his verbal attacks against any and all who dare to disagree with him Recent Examples on the Web In a situation that forbids explicit expressions of intemperance or protest, mischief is the perfect solution. New York Times, 7 June 2022 Her attention to the vibrancy of our inner lives and to the barbed pleasure of sentimental intemperance has lately become more explicit. Rachelvoronacote, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020 The intemperance alienated some suffragists, and by 1875, when Anthony drafted the amendment that would bear her name, the movement had split. USA Today, 26 Feb. 2020 Acton, whose Catholicism shaped every facet of his thought and work, identified this excess with a certain kind of Protestant intemperance. Yuval Levin, National Review, 31 Dec. 2019 Fifty years of putting up with discrimination, hatred and intemperance. Joe Lynch, Billboard, 1 July 2019 But that was the 1980s and 1990s, and nothing had prepared him for the intemperance of the night. Bradley Hope, WSJ, 15 Sep. 2018 But the most interesting response has been from Brennan allies warning him that his intemperance may be backfiring. William Mcgurn, WSJ, 20 Aug. 2018 Perhaps due to such intemperance, his 2003 campaign to become a WTO jurist was rebuffed. Greg Rushford, WSJ, 4 July 2018 See More Word History First Known Use 15th century, in the meaning defined above Kids Definition intemperance noun in·​tem·​per·​ance in-ˈtem-pə-rəns  : lack of self-control (as in satisfying an appetite) Medical Definition intemperance noun in·​tem·​per·​ance (ˈ)in-ˈtem-p(ə-)rən(t)s  : lack of moderation especially : habitual or excessive drinking of intoxicants intemperance noun 1 as in alcoholism habitual or excessive drinking of intoxicants in his harangue on the perils of drink, the prohibitionist claimed that intemperance has always been the number one destroyer of marriages Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance alcoholism drunkenness inebriety insobriety intemperateness intoxication dissoluteness dipsomania debauchery bibulousness Antonyms & Near Antonyms temperance sobriety abstinence abstention teetotalism 2 as in excessiveness a propensity for extremes in one's actions, beliefs, or habits there's a wearisome intemperance in his verbal attacks against any and all who dare to disagree with him Synonyms & Similar Words excessiveness excess immoderation exorbitance extremism insobriety immoderacy extravagance unreasonableness irrationality intemperateness prodigality nimiety radicalism Antonyms & Near Antonyms temperance moderation moderateness temperateness
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