What does "squandermania" mean?

Excessive expenditure by a government on a supposedly prestigious project.

Squandermania

Q: What is a synonym for "squandermania"?

Common synonyms include: carpe diem, conspicuous consumption, dissipation, extravagance, incontinence, intemperance.

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Noun

1
Excessive expenditure by a government on a supposedly prestigious project. uncountable
"A third statement which appeared April 15 in a Communist Chinese newspaper "Red Guard" disclosed serious corruption, theft and squandermania among Communist cadres."
2
prodigious squandering (usually by a government) wordnet

Synonyms

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carpe diem conspicuous consumption dissipation extravagance incontinence intemperance

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"A third statement which appeared April 15 in a Communist Chinese newspaper "Red Guard" disclosed serious corruption, theft and squandermania among Communist cadres."

Etymology

From squander + -mania.

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