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单词 affluenza
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affluenza in British English

(ˌæflʊˈɛnzə)
noun
the guilt or lack of motivation experienced by people who have made or inherited large amounts of money
Also called: sudden-wealth syndrome
Word origin
C20: from aff(luent) + (in)fluenza

Examples of 'affluenza' in a sentence
affluenza

Here we have a severe consumerism disease: affluenza.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Eight years on, affluenza seems the least of our worries.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Partly they can afford to, because of affluenza.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Affluenza values will be replaced by the pursuit of intrinsic pleasures.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The ever-more-getting-and-spending bug becomes the affluenza virus.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
We speak in a rather smug, knowing way of affluenza and low-hanging fruit.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Artists fall prey, as much as anyone, to the indolent satisfactions of 'affluenza'.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
This is affluenza masquerading as authenticity.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
However, it quickly becomes clear that whatever is ailing her is much worse than any affluenza.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
This is the 'almost affluenza' generation, and the strain of renting is hurting more than the bank balance.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
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