affluence
- noun
- /ˈæfluəns/
- In this note, I provide an overview of the geography of affluence in the United States.
- level of affluence
- material affluence
- rising affluence
Moreover, leaders all presumed that economic growth and post war affluence would go on forever.
- Moreover, leaders all presumed that economic growth and post war affluence would go on forever.
- Why does affluence make people less inclined to have children?
- That is, impact is generated by people, what they consume in their affluence and how it is produced.
- In Asia, meat is associated with prosperity and affluence.
- I think we're reflecting our increasing affluence, but I think also reflecting maybe changing values.
- Part of the switch to larger size in England is accompanied by greater affluence.
- I didn't grow up in affluence, so me working a lot, it wasn't like my friends were going to sleepaway camp or like Ibiza or the Hamptons.
- It's become a sport of affluence and students and posturing and coolness, but hip hop is still a grimy game of making a piece of art and trying to get people to hear it.
- Wokery feels like the affluence that we've all been afforded in this country.
- Parents with with wealth, which is some affluence make it their charge to help their children out.
- One might guess that it was the the growth of affluence.
- That and that that can drive people crazy, which is exactly what is happening between affluence and secularism.
- So you know, we have an acronym wealth and it's worship, education, affluence, lifestyle, team and health.
- And you know, basically I created this acronym called wealth and it stands for Worship, Education, Affluence, lifestyle, team and health.
- So we all if you follow me, you know I have an acronym called WEALTH that stands for Worship, education, Affluence, Lifestyle, Team, and health.
- And when it comes to, you know, affluence and relatability and, you know, an attainable life, rich white girls want to watch content from other rich white girls.
Examples
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My early years in India were ones of privilege and affluence.
Academic text (2015) -
In a period of buoyant economic expansion and spreading affluence, the number of African Americans living in poverty plunged.
Academic text (1997) -
We are fast rising from affluence to poverty.
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I'm not from a family of great affluence.
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Why does affluence make people less inclined to have children?
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In the case of environmental destruction, the more material affluence we produce, the more degraded our natural environment becomes.
Academic text (1991) -
However, not all suburban areas are wealthy, and the regional dimension to the geography of affluence is pronounced.
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The oil boom of the 1970s generated affluence and induced a false sense of modernization.
Academic text (1997) -
The city has seen a remarkable increase in affluence over the past decade, with many new businesses opening.
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Her family's affluence allowed her to travel to exotic destinations each summer.
Synonyms
A large amount of money and valuable things that a person or country owns
Money or property that someone has
A time when people or a country have money and success
A large amount of money and very expensive things that show wealth
A large amount of money and valuable things
A situation of having a lot of money or valuable things
Having a lot of money and expensive things like houses or cars
Antonyms
How Wealthy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word affluence comes from Latin parts ad- 'to' and fluere 'to flow'. Think of money or goods 'flowing' to someone—this image explains why affluence means having a large amount of wealth or things.