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luxury and luxuries  

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  • Luxury refers to a condition of comfort characterized by opulence, elegance, and the enjoyment of desirable, inessential and rare objects, and pleasurable activities. As term, concept, and practice, luxury presents a complex history in Western cultures owing to its connotations of distinction, privilege, and self-indulgence and because of its relevance to notions of progress, stability, and decline. [Source: Encyclopedia of Consumer Culture; Luxury and Luxuries]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-DLB3VMCN-1

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