IMMODERATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does immoderation mean? 

• IMMODERATION (noun)
  The noun IMMODERATION has 1 sense:

1. the quality of being excessive and lacking in moderation

  Familiarity information: IMMODERATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMMODERATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of being excessive and lacking in moderation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

immoderateness; immoderation

Hypernyms ("immoderation" is a kind of...):

degree; grade; level (a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "immoderation"):

excess; excessiveness; inordinateness (immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits)

Antonym:

moderation (quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes)