• Affluenza

    Full definition of affluenza

    Noun

    affluenza

    (uncountable)
    1. A feeling of dissatisfaction, anxiety, etc, caused by the dogged and ongoing pursuit of more.Original defs, which all amount to the same thing
    2. a painful, contagious, socially transmitted condition of overload, debt, anxiety and waste resulting from the dogged pursuit of more
    3. 1. The bloated, sluggish and unfulfilled feeling that results from efforts to keep up with the Joneses. 2. An epidemic of stress, overwork, waste and indebtedness caused by dogged pursuit of the American Dream. 3. An unsustainable addiction to economic growth.----
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