Lexic.us

Definition of Prosperity

1. Noun. An economic state of growth with rising profits and full employment.

Definition of Prosperity

1. n. The state of being prosperous; advance or gain in anything good or desirable; successful progress in any business or enterprise; attainment of the object desired; good fortune; success; as, commercial prosperity; national prosperity.

Definition of Prosperity

1. Noun. The condition of being prosperous, of having good fortune ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Prosperity

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Prosperity

Literary usage of Prosperity

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle (1891)
"Is it in prosperity or adversity that we most 1 in prosperity need friends ? ... have recourse to them: in misfortune we need help, in prosperity we need ..."

2. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"There is another disturbing factor that makes it difficult to form a conclusion as to the causes of French prosperity.in the years 1806-10. ..."

3. The Works of George Bull: D. D., Lord Bishop of St. David's by George Bull, Edward Burton, Robert Nelson (1827)
"In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man ..."

4. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville (1899)
"CHAPTER XXIX THE DESIRE FOR WEALTH AND FOR PHYSICAL prosperity ... Americans in the midst of their prosperity—Waste for physical gratifications united in ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"prosperity is, in a sense, the end and purpose of all production and exchange. ... The relative prosperity of different classes, or the differences in ..."

6. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville (1904)
"CHAPTER XXIX THE DESIRE FOR WEALTH AND FOR PHYSICAL prosperity The taste for physical well-being in America—Peculiar effects of the love of physical ..."

7. Principles of Secondary Education: A Text-book by Charles De Garmo (1913)
"Income as a Measure of prosperity Income is the primary measure of prosperity, because it is income that makes everything else possible. ..."

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