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| The state of exceeding or going beyond limits, beyond what is normal or usual. Related terms include [[eccentricity]], [[extravagance]] and [[transgression]]. [[Georges Bataille]], in works such as ''[[The Accursed Share]]'', was a leading theorist on excess. | The state of exceeding or going beyond limits, beyond what is normal or usual. Related terms include [[eccentricity]], [[extravagance]] and [[transgression]]. [[Georges Bataille]], in works such as ''[[The Accursed Share]]'', was a leading theorist on excess. | ||
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| - | # The [[degree]] or [[amount]] by which one thing or number exceeds another; [[remainder]]; as, the [[difference]] between two numbers is the excess of one over the other. | ||
| - | # The state of [[surpass]]ing or going beyond limits; the being of a measure beyond [[sufficiency]], [[necessity]], or [[duty]]; that which [[exceed]]s what is [[usual]] or [[proper]]; [[immoderate]]ness; [[superfluity]]; [[superabundance]]; [[extravagance]]; as, an excess of provisions or of light. | ||
| - | #:* To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, ... Is wasteful and ridiculous '''excess'''. - Shakespeare | ||
| - | #:* That kills me with '''excess''' of grief, this with excess of joy. - Walsh | ||
| - | # An undue [[indulgence]] of the appetite; [[transgression]] of proper [[moderation]] in natural [[gratification]]s; [[intemperance]]; [[dissipation]]. | ||
| - | #:* Be not drunk with wine, wherein is ''excess''. ''Ephesians v. 18'' | ||
| - | #:* Thy desire ... leads to no ''excess'' That reaches blame. - Milton | ||
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| *[[Moderation]] | *[[Moderation]] | ||
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| + | *[[immoderate]]ness | ||
| + | *[[superfluity]] | ||
| + | *[[superabundance]] | ||
| + | *[[extravagance]] | ||
| + | *[[indulgence]] | ||
| + | *[[transgression]] | ||
| + | *[[gratification]] | ||
| + | *[[intemperance]] | ||
| + | *[[dissipation]] | ||
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The state of exceeding or going beyond limits, beyond what is normal or usual. Related terms include eccentricity, extravagance and transgression. Georges Bataille, in works such as The Accursed Share, was a leading theorist on excess.
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Etymology
Old English exces, excess, ecstasy; Latin excessus a going out, loss of self-possession, from excedere, excessum, to go out, go beyond. See exceed.
Namesakes
- Visions of Excess: Selected Writings, 1927-1939 (1985)- Georges Bataille
- Gamiani, ou Une Nuit d'Excès (1833) - Alfred de Musset
Contrast
See also
- immoderateness
- superfluity
- superabundance
- extravagance
- indulgence
- transgression
- gratification
- intemperance
- dissipation
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