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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of or related to a cornucopia.
  • adjective Relating to the belief that the world's natural and human resources are essentially unlimited and that conservation of resources or limitations on consumption or on population growth are unnecessary.
  • noun One who holds cornucopian beliefs.

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  • adjective in great abundance, very abundant

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Examples

  • "All this may ironically have contributed to the cornucopian abundance that has fostered a culture in which staggering levels of 'deliberate' food waste are now accepted or even institutionalized," writes Stuart in his chapter, "Post-Harvest Losses: A Neglected Field."

    Danielle Nierenberg: Reducing Food Waste: Making the Most of Our Abundance Danielle Nierenberg 2011

  • We were used to cornucopian markets where we bought fruit, herbs and meat in kilos, not ones and twos.

    Strangers in a foreign land 2011

  • "All this may ironically have contributed to the cornucopian abundance that has fostered a culture in which staggering levels of 'deliberate' food waste are now accepted or even institutionalized," writes Stuart in his chapter, "Post-Harvest Losses: A Neglected Field."

    Danielle Nierenberg: Reducing Food Waste: Making the Most of Our Abundance Danielle Nierenberg 2011

  • "All this may ironically have contributed to the cornucopian abundance that has fostered a culture in which staggering levels of 'deliberate' food waste are now accepted or even institutionalized," writes Stuart in his chapter, "Post-Harvest Losses: A Neglected Field."

    Danielle Nierenberg: Reducing Food Waste: Making the Most of Our Abundance Danielle Nierenberg 2011

  • "All this may ironically have contributed to the cornucopian abundance that has fostered a culture in which staggering levels of 'deliberate' food waste are now accepted or even institutionalized," writes Stuart in his chapter, "Post-Harvest Losses: A Neglected Field."

    Danielle Nierenberg: Reducing Food Waste: Making the Most of Our Abundance Danielle Nierenberg 2011

  • "All this may ironically have contributed to the cornucopian abundance that has fostered a culture in which staggering levels of 'deliberate' food waste are now accepted or even institutionalized," writes Stuart in his chapter, "Post-Harvest Losses: A Neglected Field."

    Danielle Nierenberg: Reducing Food Waste: Making the Most of Our Abundance Danielle Nierenberg 2011

  • "All this may ironically have contributed to the cornucopian abundance that has fostered a culture in which staggering levels of 'deliberate' food waste are now accepted or even institutionalized," writes Stuart in his chapter, "Post-Harvest Losses: A Neglected Field."

    Danielle Nierenberg: Reducing Food Waste: Making the Most of Our Abundance Danielle Nierenberg 2011

  • We were used to cornucopian markets where we bought fruit, herbs and meat in kilos, not ones and twos.

    Strangers in a foreign land 2011

  • "All this may ironically have contributed to the cornucopian abundance that has fostered a culture in which staggering levels of 'deliberate' food waste are now accepted or even institutionalized," writes Stuart in his chapter, "Post-Harvest Losses: A Neglected Field."

    Danielle Nierenberg: Reducing Food Waste: Making the Most of Our Abundance Danielle Nierenberg 2011

  • "All this may ironically have contributed to the cornucopian abundance that has fostered a culture in which staggering levels of 'deliberate' food waste are now accepted or even institutionalized," writes Stuart in his chapter, "Post-Harvest Losses: A Neglected Field."

    Danielle Nierenberg: Reducing Food Waste: Making the Most of Our Abundance Danielle Nierenberg 2011

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