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superaffluence

noun

Etymology

From super- + affluence.

  1. derived from affluentia
  2. derived from affluence
  3. prefixed as superaffluence — “super + affluence”

Definitions

  1. A superabundance of wealth

    • We have all heard of the young man who while serving contentedly as a hotel porter, and glad of the job, was suddenly elevated to superaffluence by inheriting a large fortune.
    • The book of Judges invites us to ask ourselves whether the same greed and self-centeredness that has produced our superaffluence is not also systematically teaching us to be violent.

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