superaffluence

See also: super-affluence

English[edit]

superaffluence (uncountable)

A superabundance of wealth
- 1919, Augusta Larned, The Borderland of Country Life, page 185:
  We have all heard of the young man who while serving contentedly as a hotel porter, and glad of the job, was suddenly elevated to superaffluence by inheriting a large fortune.
- 2001, J. Clinton McCann, "Judges 4:1-7", Roger E. Van Harn (editor), The Lectionary Commentary, Volume 1, "The Old Testament and Acts: The First Readings", page 159
  The book of Judges invites us to ask ourselves whether the same greed and self-centeredness that has produced our superaffluence is not also systematically teaching us to be violent.