display of wealth

collocation in English

meaningsofdisplayandwealth

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display
noun
uk
/dɪˈspleɪ/us
/dɪˈspleɪ/
a collection of objects or pictures arranged for people to look at, or a performance or show for people ...
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wealth
noun
uk
/welθ/us
/welθ/
a large amount of money or valuable possessions that ...
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(Definition ofdisplayandwealthfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdisplay of wealth

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The novel's moral economy condemns to starvation characters that put thedisplayofwealthabove family priorities and, by clear extension, the national family.
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The talk is still of jointures - and of an enduring rivalry, albeit now played out through one-upmanship in thedisplayofwealth.
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Any conspicuousdisplayofwealthwas thus eagerly pursued, hence the subsequent mania for construction of new country estates and aesthetic modifications to ancestral castles.
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But these baroque manifestations of ' indoor ' assistance answered more to their donors' desire for an appropriately concentrateddisplayofwealththan to any paranoid call for the seclusion of beggars.
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Surely one might expect that adisplayofwealth, not necessarily an offensive display, would create more envy and greed than poverty itself.
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The flagrantdisplayofwealthis greater now than at any previous time.
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There can be no greater proof of that than thedisplayofwealthwhich takes place daily.
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That is why there has to be such a lavishdisplayofwealthand so much pomp and ceremony.
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Egyptian mummies were wrapped in linen as a symbol of light and purity, and as adisplayofwealth.
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Not everyone was enthused about thedisplayofwealthand beauty.
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Over time, the potlatch tradition created a demand for stored surpluses, as such adisplayofwealthhad social implications.
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It has been said that they compensated their lack of ancestors by a greatdisplayofwealth.
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Thedisplayofwealthextended to other areas.
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Like owning land, abstaining from labor is a typicaldisplayofwealthand one that becomes more problematic as society develops into an industrial one.
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A wide ornamental border called an instita was often used around the neckline and hem as adisplayofwealth.
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Even sacrificial transactions have two sides; anthropological analyses of vast expenditures reveal the debt accrued through these often antagonistic displays of wealth.
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Pompey's went on for two, in an unprecedenteddisplayofwealthand luxury.
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Life cycle rituals also held great significance and were occasions for lavish displays of wealth and its redistribution.
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Architectural remains may provide information on intra-site patterning, subsistence data, refuse disposal patterns, architecture and organization of the plantation, and thedisplayofwealthby the plantation owner.
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Through such investments in children, personal identities were forged at an early age; the premature death of a child more likely led to displays of wealth or identity.
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