Affluencing

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. The act of influencing or having an effect on the wealth or prosperity of individuals or societies
2. the process of shaping someone's mindset or behavior through affluence or financial means
3. the capacity to affect decisions or actions through economic power or social status

Etymology: "Affluencing" is the present participle of "affluence" used as a verb, meaning to exert influence through wealth. The base word "affluence" comes from Latin "affluere," meaning "to flow toward" or "to flow in abundance," formed from "ad" ("to") and "fluere" ("to flow"). Its literal sense was of water or wealth flowing toward someone, and English took it in the 1400s with the sense of abundance, especially of riches arriving in plenty. The verbal use is a much later and rarer development. Dictionaries record "affluence" as a verb only occasionally, and the sense of swaying people by money grew out of the word's older idea of wealth arriving in quantity. The participle "affluencing" follows the regular pattern of English verbs ending in "-ence," such as "influencing" from "influence," so it needs no special explanation.

Synonyms: influencing, affecting

Antonyms: resisting, ignoring