Überflussgesellschaft

== German == === Etymology === Überfluss (“abundance/excess”) +‎ Gesellschaft (“society”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈyːbɐflʊsɡəˌzɛlʃaft] Hyphenation: Über‧fluss‧ge‧sell‧schaft === Noun === Überflussgesellschaft f (genitive Überflussgesellschaft, plural Überflussgesellschaften) (sociology, economics) affluent society (a society in which scarcity of resources is no longer the predominant condition, and most citizens enjoy a high standard of living and material abundance) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== Konsumgesellschaft (consumer society) Wohlstandsgesellschaft (prosperous society) ==== Antonyms ==== Mangelwirtschaft (shortage economy) Prekariat (precariat; in terms of social standing) ==== Coordinate terms ==== Wirtschaftswunder (economic miracle; the historical catalyst) Wegwerfgesellschaft (throw-away society) Jahresüberschuss (net income; the financial driver of corporate abundance) Zahlungskraft (solvency; widespread among the population in such societies) Sättigungsmenge (saturation quantity) ==== Related terms ==== überflüssig (superfluous) Überproduktion (overproduction) === References === “Überflussgesellschaft” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Überflussgesellschaft” in Duden online