affluence

[ af-loo-uh ns or, often, uh-floo- ]

/ ˈæf lu əns or, often, əˈflu- /

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noun

abundance of money, property, and other material goods; riches; wealth.

an abundant supply, as of thoughts or words; profusion.

a flowing to or toward; afflux.

Nearby words

afflatus, afflict, afflicting, affliction, afflictive, affluence, affluency, affluent, affluent society, affluential, affluenza

Origin of affluence

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French < Latin affluentia, equivalent to af- af- + flu- flow + -entia -ence

Related forms

sub·af·flu·ence, nounsu·per·af·flu·ence, noun

Can be confused

affluence effluence influence

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Examples from the Web for affluence

Jazz is linked in the mind of marketers with affluence, but the economics of jazz have never been worse.
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Their affluence and attachment to luxury makes military service unpopular.
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Rebecca Greenfield went through a long list, including geography, building code limitations, and affluence.
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On that score, the affluence of much of the country is a resource.
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Here he married Mrs. Herbert, a lady of good family, with whom he lived in comfort, if not in affluence.
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We did our best to help them out of our own pittance; but to all of us it was like falling from affluence to penury.
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And how different everything was now in these days of affluence and adulation!
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It is better to die with hunger, exempt from grief and fear, than to live in affluence with perturbation.
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I saw that Marble was perplexed, and did not know, at first, but he was getting to be embarrassed by this affluence of kindred.
Miles Wallingford|James Fenimore Cooper

British Dictionary definitions for affluence

affluence

/ (ˈæflʊəns) /

noun

an abundant supply of money, goods, or property; wealth

rare abundance or profusion

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