Synonyms for standard of living
stan·dard of liv·ing

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1. standard of living, standard of lifenoun

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

   "they enjoyed the highest standard of living in the country"; "the lower the standard of living the easier it is to introduce an autocratic production system"

   Synonyms:
   standard of life

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1. President Barack Obama:

   It will only happen if we fix our politics, the future we want - opportunity and security for our families ; a rising standard of living and a sustainable, peaceful planet for our kids - all that is within our reach.

2. Aldo Leopold:

   Like winds and sunsets, wild things were taken for granted until progress began to do away with them. Now we face the question whether a still higher 'standard of living' is worth its cost in things natural, wild and free. For us of the minority, the opportunity to see geese is more important that television.

3. Greta Thunberg:

   Richer countries such as Canada and Sweden need to get down to zero emissions much faster so people in poorer countries can heighten their standard of living by building the infrastructure we have already built, we're not doing this because it's fun or because we have a special interest in the climate or because we want to become politicians when we grow up. We're doing this because our future is at stake.

4. Jeffrey Toobin:

   The UN has long recognized that an adequate standard of living is a human right, we're talking about energy businesses supplying what the world is asking for, what the world needs.

5. Trevanian from the novel "Shibumi":

   It was not their irritating assumption of equality that annoyed Nicholai so much as their cultural confusions. The Americans seemed to confuse standard of living with quality of life, equal opportunity with institutionalized mediocrity, bravery with courage, machismo with manhood, liberty with freedom, wordiness with articulation, fun with pleasure - in short, all of the misconceptions common to those who assume that justice implies equality for all, rather than equality for equals.