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affluenzic

Syllables: af·flu·en·zicUK/æ.fluˈɛn.zɪk/

affluenzic adjective: of or pertaining to affluenza.

Adjective

affluenzic (comparative more affluenzic, superlative most affluenzic)

  1. Of or pertaining to affluenza.
    • The affluenzic society manages to commodify experiences that were previously some of life's freest and most shareable goods. This atrophy of higher human capacities is one of the great harms of the affluenzic society, which provides a host of gadgets and commodities on which to focus consumer...2010, Andrew Brennan, Y. S. Lo, “Beyond Individual Responsibility: Governance and the Affluenzic Society”, in Understanding Environmental Philosophy (Understanding Movements in Modern Thought)...
    • The environmental analysts Norman Myers and Jennifer Kent write of high consumption being driven in the West – and on a global level – by a 'Coke and McDonalds^([sic]) culture', and they invoke the affluenzic impact of emulation and the key role of advertising.2010, Kim Humphery, Excess: Anti-consumerism in the West, Cambridge; Malden, Mass.: Polity Press, →ISBN

Examples of affluenzic in a sentence

  • The affluenzic society manages to commodify experiences that were previously some of life's freest and most shareable goods.2010, Andrew Brennan, Y. S. Lo, “Beyond Individual Responsibility: Governance and the Affluenzic Society”, in Understanding Environmental...
  • [U]nless the affluenzic system finds ways of limiting its own expansion, then the system will become self-destructive, and whatever good it has brought to the stakeholders will be lost.2011, Andrew Brennan, Y. P. Lo, “Two Global Crises, Ethics Renewal, and Governance Reform”, in Ved P. Nanda, editor, Climate Change and...

Forms of affluenzic

comparativemore affluenzic
superlativemost affluenzic

Origin of affluenzic

From affluenza + -ic.

Questions about affluenzic

What does affluenzic mean?
Affluenzic means of or pertaining to affluenza.
How do you use affluenzic in a sentence?
The affluenzic society manages to commodify experiences that were previously some of life's freest and most shareable goods.
What part of speech is affluenzic?
Affluenzic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce affluenzic?
Affluenzic is pronounced /æ.fluˈɛn.zɪk/ (UK).

Words near affluenzic in the dictionary

  1. affluently
  2. affluentness
  3. affluents
  4. affluenza
  5. affluenzas
  6. affluenzic
  7. afflux
  8. affluxes
  9. affluxion
  10. affluxions
  11. affly

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