Luxury and Poverty

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Luxury noun - Something adding to pleasure or comfort but not absolutely necessary.

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Poverty is an antonym for luxury in opulence topic.

Nearby Words: luxurious, luxuriously

Poverty noun - The state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions.

Usage example: he dreamed of finding a good job and working his way out of poverty and debt

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Luxury is an antonym for poverty in topics: pennilessness, want.

high	high luxury	high poverty
utter	utter luxury	utter poverty
relative	relative luxury	relative poverty
sheer	sheer luxury	sheer poverty
Other adjectives: real, extreme, absolute, major, general, apparent, eternal, tremendous.

Inverted in 1984, where the public is kept in check by poverty instead of luxury.

Source: Bread and Circuses
Contrast with the Spoiled Brat, who is so used to luxury that normal living standards are like poverty to them.

Source: Mundane Luxury
To put things in context, Mike is more or less living in poverty, while fruits of any kind are considered luxury items in Japan.

Source: Manga / 87 Clockers

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