ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Affluenzic

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /æ.fluˈɛn.zɪk/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Affluenzic is an adjective meaning Of or pertaining to affluenza.

Meaning

Of or pertaining to affluenza.

Example Sentences

The environmental analysts Norman Myers and Jennifer Kent write of high consumption being driven in the West – and on a global level – by a 'Coke and McDonalds^([sic]) culture', and they invoke the affluenzic impact of emulation and the key role of advertising.
The affluenzic society manages to commodify experiences that were previously some of life's freest and most shareable goods. This atrophy of higher human capacities is one of the great harms of the affluenzic society, which provides a host of gadgets and commodities on which to focus consumer desires and hopes that are inflated and deranged by intense marketing and advertising.
[U]nless the affluenzic system finds ways of limiting its own expansion, then the system will become self-destructive, and whatever good it has brought to the stakeholders will be lost. If nation-states and multinational corporations care for their own future existence, then they have a profound interest in ensuring that the affluenzic system in which they have been thriving does not end up destroying itself and everyone in it.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include affluential, affluent, flush, affulgent, influxive, inundatory.

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