affluent society

collocation in English

meaningsofaffluentandsociety

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affluent
adjective
uk
/ˈæf.lu.ənt/us
/ˈæf.lu.ənt/
having a lot of money or owning a lot ...
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society
noun
uk
/səˈsaɪ.ə.ti/us
/səˈsaɪ.ə.t̬i/
a large group of people who live together in an organized way, making decisions about how to do things and sharing the work that needs to be done. All the people in a country, or in several similar countries, can be referred to as ...
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(Definition ofaffluentandsocietyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The ecological approaches modelled palaeolithic societies as living on the edge and always in need, but also led to such qualifications as the originalaffluentsocietyand the original ecologists.
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Beyond that, however, it seems that we are committed to the materiallyaffluentsocietyand that we must produce more and more, and more efficiently.
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To talk of anaffluentsocietytoday is an offensive mockery to the unemployed, the retired, the sick, and the needy.
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In many ways, it is a dismal commentary on our so-calledaffluentsocietythat this debate is necessary.
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These are the most disadvantaged families and children in our extremelyaffluentsociety.
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It is that theaffluentsocietyalone is not enough.
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I am not suggesting that there is anything wrong with anaffluentsociety.
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If we are living in anaffluentsociety, that is not a big step to take.
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What sort ofaffluentsocietyis it that allows that to happen?
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I am thinking, too, of the service industries which anaffluentsocietydemands.
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In thisaffluentsocietypeople are marrying earlier and are demanding homes earlier.
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This is the reward which the country—indeed, anaffluentsociety—gives to these important workers.
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It seems clear to me that the general economic situation of this country to-day makes the reference to the "affluentsociety" a tragic joke.
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To describe this as anaffluentsociety, with a few islands of special cases seems extraordinary distortion.
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They are more anxious and apprehensive about that than the fact that they are living in anaffluentsociety.
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In anyaffluentsocietythere is an increasing quantity of money to be spent.
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What we are seeing is undoubtedly one of the symptons of theaffluentsociety, however thataffluentsocietyis brought about.
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He spoke of anaffluentsocietywith small islands of poverty.
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In anaffluentsocietypeople no longer have bread, oatmeal, herrings and potatoes as their main staple diet.
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