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affluence

5 antonyms for affluence — opposites grouped by meaning.

Noun — A plentiful flow or supply of something.

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1. noun

A plentiful flow or supply of something.

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2. noun

Great wealth.

“His affluence was surpassed by no man.”

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Etymology

Comes from Old French affluence, from Latin affluentia. Its only link to the antonym indigence is a shared Latinate suffix; affluence did not gain its sense of wealth until 16th-century English and French, while indigentia meant “poverty” or “lack” in Latin.

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