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PRODIGALITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Excessive spending
Synonyms:
extravagance; high life; highlife; lavishness; prodigality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("prodigality" is a kind of...):
dissipation; waste; wastefulness (useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly)
Derivation:
prodigal (recklessly wasteful)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The trait of spending extravagantly
Synonyms:
extravagance; prodigality; profligacy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("prodigality" is a kind of...):
improvidence; shortsightedness (a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources)
Derivation:
prodigal (recklessly wasteful)
