STANDARD OF LIVING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does standard of living mean? 

• STANDARD OF LIVING (noun)
  The noun STANDARD OF LIVING has 1 sense:

1. a level of material comfort in terms of goods and services available to someone or some group

  Familiarity information: STANDARD OF LIVING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STANDARD OF LIVING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A level of material comfort in terms of goods and services available to someone or some group

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

living standards; standard of life; standard of living

Context example:

the lower the standard of living the easier it is to introduce an autocratic production system

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)