squandermania en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From squander + -mania.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Excessive expenditure by a government on a supposedly prestigious project.
A third statement which appeared April 15 in a Communist Chinese newspaper "Red Guard" disclosed serious corruption, theft and squandermania among Communist cadres.
1975 May 25, “Turmoil on mainland”, in Free China Weekly, volume XVI, number 20, Taipei, page 3: