affluence

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun abundant wealth

Etymology

From Old French affluence, from Latin affluentia. Only relation to antonym indigence is common Latinate suffix; affluence only acquired sense of wealth in 16th century English and French, while indigentia meant “poverty” or “lack” in Latin.

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Synonyms

richness

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