Comparative form of wealthy; having more money or valuable possessions than someone or something else.
From Old English 'weal' meaning well-being or prosperity, plus -thy (like in 'healthy'), then comparative -er added for comparison between two things.
Wealth inequality has grown so dramatically that the world's richest 1% now owns more than the bottom 95% combined—a statistic that would have shocked economists a century ago.
Wealth often traced through male lineage and property ownership; women's economic contributions (inheritance management, unpaid domestic production) historically invisible despite driving household wealth.
When discussing wealth metrics, specify source (earnings, inheritance, asset ownership) and note gender wealth gaps in context rather than treating individual wealth as neutral.
["higher net worth","greater financial assets","higher accumulated capital"]
Women's wealth-building through entrepreneurship, cooperative finance, and reparations frameworks now reclaim economic agency historically denied by property laws and banking discrimination.
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