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STANDARD OF LIVING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A level of material comfort in terms of goods and services available to someone or some group
Example:
the lower the standard of living the easier it is to introduce an autocratic production system
Synonyms:
living standards; standard of life; standard of living
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("standard of living" is a kind of...):
degree; level; point; stage (a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process)