rampancy

[ ram-puhn-see ]

noun

1. a rampant condition or position.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rampancy¹

First recorded in 1655–65; ramp(ant) + -ancy

Example Sentences

Due to the rampancy of social media, influencers and celebrity culture, ours is arguably the most parasocial age in human history.

From Seattle Times

“Work Hard Have Fun Make History,” whose title echoes an Amazon motto, is not at all on the side of the machines, but it is acutely unsettled by their rampancy in our increasingly fractionalized, disembodied culture.

From New York Times

Economy revitalization minister Yasutoshi Nishimura told a government panel meeting the three prefectures would be designated for semi-emergency status under a new rampancy prevention law beginning next Monday for one month.

From Washington Times

Economy revitalization minister Yasutoshi Nishimura told a government panel meeting the three prefectures would be designated for semi-emergency status under a new rampancy prevention law beginning next Monday for one month.

From Seattle Times

One board leader encouraged readers to migrate to a new refuge on a sister site “due to prevailing conditions of general reactionary rampancy and the unfavorable present conditions of this site.”

From Washington Post

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