affluent society

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affluent society a society in which material wealth is widely distributed; often with allusion to the book of that title (1958) by the American economist John Kenneth Galbraith.

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ELIZABETH KNOWLES

affluent society

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affluent society See EMBOURGEOISEMENT.

A Dictionary of Sociology GORDON MARSHALL

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