AFFLUENZA

Affluenza

Affluenza, a portmanteau of affluence and influenza, is a term used by critics of consumerism. The book Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic defines it as "a painful, contagious, socially transmitted condition of overload, debt, anxiety and waste resulting from the dogged pursuit of more".

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affluenza

Noun

  1. A feeling of dissatisfaction, anxiety, etc, caused by the dogged and ongoing pursuit of more.


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