affluenzan.

Brit.

/ˌaflʊˈɛnzə/, U.S.

/ˌæfluˈɛnzə/

Origin: Formed within English, by blending. Etymons: affluence n., influenza n.

Etymology: Blend of affluence n. and influenza n.The form affluenza is attested earlier as a malapropism for influenza n.:1796 J. Moore Edward I. i. 7 This poor child, it seems, was lately ill of the affluenza, and cannot be put out to a trade till he grows stronger.

†1. The condition of being (temporarily) wealthy or affluent. Obsolete.Chiefly as part of an extended metaphor.

ΚΠ

1908 Mainly about People 21 Mar. 270/2 To-day he may be suffering from what my friend Mr. Locke, in The Beloved Vagabond, justly characterises as ‘affluenza’. To-morrow he may be in a doss-house.

1920 Sketch 10 Mar. 406/2 It is all very well for the ‘340,000’ who have raked in the dibs of Mars and are suffering from a severe attack of affluenza; but to us of the new impoverishment it is terrible to think that we shall have to wait for the spare wheels that drop from the new-rich man's auto.

2. A psychological condition supposedly affecting (especially young) wealthy people, symptoms of which include a lack of motivation, feelings of guilt, and a sense of isolation.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [noun] > associated with wealth

affluenza1973

1973 Daily Rev. (Hayward, Calif.) 5 July ii. 11/1 ‘Dysgradia’..[is] the free-floating anxiety that stems from a lack of goals in the lives of people with more money than they know what to do with... Affluenza [is] the morbid desire to contract a severe case of dysgradia.

1977 New York 20 June 76/3 What makes L'Olivier such a particular joy is that to experience it, one needn't have a raging case of affluenza.

1986 Omni Jan. 28/2 Levy believes that affluenza is a peculiarly American affliction.

1990 Times 12 June 3/3 ‘Affluenza’ is defined as ‘that nauseous guilty feeling that creeps over people who make more money than they think they are worth’.

2008 Independent 21 June 29/2 All of us have ‘affluenza’ but some of us are less infected than others.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	affluenza
释义	affluenzan. Brit. /ˌaflʊˈɛnzə/, U.S. /ˌæfluˈɛnzə/ Origin: Formed within English, by blending. Etymons: affluence n., influenza n. Etymology: Blend of affluence n. and influenza n.The form affluenza is attested earlier as a malapropism for influenza n.:1796 J. Moore Edward I. i. 7 This poor child, it seems, was lately ill of the affluenza, and cannot be put out to a trade till he grows stronger. †1. The condition of being (temporarily) wealthy or affluent. Obsolete.Chiefly as part of an extended metaphor. ΚΠ 1908 Mainly about People 21 Mar. 270/2 To-day he may be suffering from what my friend Mr. Locke, in The Beloved Vagabond, justly characterises as ‘affluenza’. To-morrow he may be in a doss-house. 1920 Sketch 10 Mar. 406/2 It is all very well for the ‘340,000’ who have raked in the dibs of Mars and are suffering from a severe attack of affluenza; but to us of the new impoverishment it is terrible to think that we shall have to wait for the spare wheels that drop from the new-rich man's auto. 2. A psychological condition supposedly affecting (especially young) wealthy people, symptoms of which include a lack of motivation, feelings of guilt, and a sense of isolation. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [noun] > associated with wealth affluenza1973 1973 Daily Rev. (Hayward, Calif.) 5 July ii. 11/1 ‘Dysgradia’..[is] the free-floating anxiety that stems from a lack of goals in the lives of people with more money than they know what to do with... Affluenza [is] the morbid desire to contract a severe case of dysgradia. 1977 New York 20 June 76/3 What makes L'Olivier such a particular joy is that to experience it, one needn't have a raging case of affluenza. 1986 Omni Jan. 28/2 Levy believes that affluenza is a peculiarly American affliction. 1990 Times 12 June 3/3 ‘Affluenza’ is defined as ‘that nauseous guilty feeling that creeps over people who make more money than they think they are worth’. 2008 Independent 21 June 29/2 All of us have ‘affluenza’ but some of us are less infected than others. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1908
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