Affluence
['æflʊəns]
Definition
(noun.) abundant wealth; 'they studied forerunners of richness or poverty'; 'the richness all around unsettled him for he had expected to find poverty'.
Typist: Nadine--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A flowing to or towards; a concourse; an influx.
(n.) An abundant supply, as of thought, words, feelings, etc.; profusion; also, abundance of property; wealth.
Typist: Nola
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Wealth, riches, opulence, fortune, plenty, abundance, exuberance, ample store, ample means.
Typist: Marion
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Abundance, plenty, wealth, riches, opulence
ANT:Want, scarcity, penury, indigence, poverty, impecuniosity, straitness, lack
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you are in affluence, foretells that you will make fortunate ventures, and will be pleasantly associated with people of wealth. To young women, a vision of weird and fairy affluence is ominous of illusive and evanescent pleasure. They should study more closely their duty to friends and parents. After dreams of this nature they are warned to cultivate a love for home life. See Wealth.
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Examples
- In her animal spirits there was an affluence of life and certainty of flow, such as excited my wonder, while it baffled my comprehension. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Born to the prospect of such affluence! Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- A small point of doctrine might mean affluence or beggary to a man. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- If the labouring poor, therefore, can maintain their families in the one part of the united kingdom, they must be in affluence in the other. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- These are mounted and ready to start on the highway to affluence. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The affluence of the rich excites the indignation of the poor, who are often both driven by want, and prompted by envy to invade his possessions. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- He had a conviction that the want of most men was knowledge of a sort which brings wisdom rather than affluence. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- When profits are high, that sober virtue seems to be superfluous, and expensive luxury to suit better the affluence of his situation. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Affluence, unless stimulated by a keen imagination, forms but the vaguest notion of the practical strain of poverty. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- For one very rich man, there must be at least five hundred poor, and the affluence of the few supposes the indigence of the many. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- He was descended from a good family in France, where he had lived for many years in affluence, respected by his superiors, and beloved by his equals. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
Typist: Marvin