affluenzas

Noun

affluenza (usually uncountable, plural affluenzas)

1. (usually) A feeling of dissatisfaction, anxiety, etc., caused by the dogged and ongoing pursuit of more goods and possessions.
   • The tension heightens when speaking about "affluenza" from within the economic cultures of Western countries and in particular our North American society. We do live quite privileged lives. Our privileges have clearly become expectations. […] Affluenza has been defined as a cultural disease of...2003, Dale P. Andrews, “Preaching a Just Word in Privileged Pulpits: Healing Affluenza”, in André Resner, Jr., editor, Just Preaching: Prophetic Voices for Economic Justice, St. Louis, Mo.: Chalice...