affluenza (af- floo-nfl-nz-a), noun
Definition:
Extreme materialism which is the impetus for accumulating wealth and for overconsumption of goods; also, feelings of guilt and isolation from the dysfunctional pursuit of wealth and goods.
Example:
Affluenza is the social disease caused by consumerism, commercialism, and rampant materialism and its antidote is simple living. (via)
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"Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of man."
{Henry David Thoreau}
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