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affluenza

Money-sickness, ie greed.
"New car, new house and a huge boat... he has affluenza again."
by Bec December 13, 2003
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affluenza

When someone wants nothing more to accumulate goods (and) or wealth.
Random Person: Wow, looks like that person has affluenza!
by AlphaWolfess February 16, 2005
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affluenza

1. An unfortunate social disease, among whose many symptoms include rich suburban kids pretending to be "street" while secretly processing their business school apps at night.

2. An inflated sense of entitlement wholly unrelated to talent or effort, currently seen spreading across the developed world.
This was once a decent, if unremarkable, high school cafeteria, before the dread onset of affluenza. Now mail order bling and off-kilter hats reign to dismay the sane...
by El Rob July 29, 2005
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Affluenza

noun, AH-flu-en-za : 1) A disease caused by too much money. 20 Afflicted with affluence in a negative way. symptoms may include boredom, alcoholism, apathy and deviant behavior.
He is obviously suffering from chronic case of Affluenza.

or
Affluenza runs in my family , I'm taking the holidays on our private island cause it might be contagious.
by The Emperor, of course July 25, 2009
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Adult Affluenza

A condition of entitlement among the Uber wealthy that they are above the law because of their financial status.
IT was ADULT AFFLUENZA that caused 77-year old Robert Kraft to engage in a prostitution ring with 100's of other wealthy men: as his dear friend, donald trump-- expressed condolences and felt nothing wrong had been done.
by pseudoman6 February 22, 2019
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