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Affluenza describes the psychological and social effects of affluence. It is a portmanteau of affluence and influenza , and is used most commonly by critics of consumerism . Some psychologists consider it to be a pseudo-scientific term, [ 1 ] however the word continues to be used in scientific literature.
Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic is a 2001 anti-consumerist book by John de Graaf, environmental scientist David Wann, and economist Thomas H. Naylor.Viewing consumerism (with its accompanying overwork and dissatisfaction) as a deliberately spread disease, the book consists of three parts—symptoms, origins, and treatment.
affluenza - as defined in the book of the same name [2] 1. the bloated, sluggish and unfulfilled feeling that results from efforts to keep up with the Joneses. 2. 2. an epidemic of stress, overwork, waste and indebtedness caused by dogged pursuit of the Australian dream.
Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. A modern english thesaurus. A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms ...
Affluenza: "placing a high value on money, possessions, appearances (physical and social) and fame" may increase risk of mental illnesses; Nutrition; Social determinants of health; The China Study: 2005 book on the relationship between the consumption of animal products and selected illnesses; Urbanization; Westernization
The mother of the teenager whose drunk driving trial included a defense witness saying that he was afflicted with 'affluenza' has been reported missing. 'Affluenza' teen's mom put on Texas missing ...
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The site cross-references the contents of dictionaries such as The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, the Collins English Dictionary; encyclopedias such as the Columbia Encyclopedia, the Computer Desktop Encyclopedia, the Hutchinson Encyclopedia (subscription), and Wikipedia; book publishers such as McGraw-Hill, Houghton Mifflin, HarperCollins, as well as the Acronym Finder ...