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extravagance [ɪkˈstrævəgəns] N no pl

1. extravagance (luxury):

extravagance

exagero m

2. extravagance (elaborateness):

extravagance

extravagância f

3. extravagance (wastefulness):

extravagance

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This is probably due to the numerous portraits painted of her, which always show extravagance of dress. en.wikipedia.org

The 500 was just enough to live on without employment but without any extravagance. en.wikipedia.org

This depression touched even the very wealthy across the country and membership in an exclusive club became an extravagance. en.wikipedia.org

It would therefore seem there was little official approval for such extravagances, which were rarely committed to writing. en.wikipedia.org

Among his cited examples of extravagance were the creation of a state bureau of agriculture and the construction of a new state penitentiary. en.wikipedia.org

He was known for his wild antics, his practical jokes and his extravagance and frivolousness, which his father approved of wholeheartedly. en.wikipedia.org

For comic effect, he used irony and ludicrous extravagance, often in an attempt to liberate the reader from cultural conformity. en.wikipedia.org

He ran the system as a commercial venture and because of his extravagance the postal system deteriorated. en.wikipedia.org

Yet these exceptional extravagances came not of weakness but from excess of power. en.wikipedia.org

In that era, convening even larger grand juries just to indict criminals was seen as an unnecessary extravagance. en.wikipedia.org

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