superaffluence

See also: super-affluence

English

Etymology

From super- +‎ affluence.

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Noun

superaffluence (uncountable)

1. A superabundance of wealth
   • 1919, Augusta Larned, The Borderland of Country Life, page 185:

     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.

   • 2001, J. Clinton McCann, "Judges 4:1-7", Roger E. Van Harn (editor), The Lectionary Commentary, Volume 1, "The Old Testament and Acts: The First Readings", page 159

     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.