affluenza
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- noun
- /æfluˈɛn zə/
- Literature
- Many young adults today struggle with the effects of affluenza, feeling disconnected from their values.
- affluenza teen
- affluenza defense
Examples
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The image of the responsible consumer is becoming well-liked and potentially capable of reducing the damaging effect of "affluenza."
Academic text (2008) -
Owens laments that those churches "have succumbed to affluenza and shape their constituents accordingly.
Academic text (2008) -
Truthfully, our "affluenza" is killing the planet.
Blog text (26) -
According to the 1997 Public Broadcasting System documentary Affluenza, Americans spend six hours a week shopping but only forty minutes playing with their children.
Academic text (1999) -
Here, Asian contextual theology, with its emphasis on locality and solidarity with the poor, implies a true theological appeal to resist "affluenza" and thus performs much more responsibly than the evangelical movement.
Academic text (2008) -
The documentary explores how affluenza can lead individuals to neglect their responsibilities.
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Therapists are now addressing affluenza as a serious issue among wealthy families.
How Problematic
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6.1
- Literature
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6.8
50
6.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Affluenza mixes affluence ('wealth') with influenza ('sickness') as a kind of joke to say money can act like an illness. So affluenza means the social or personal 'sickness' that can come from very great wealth, like not understanding the results of your actions because you are very rich.