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consumerism
[ kuhn-soo-muh-riz-uhm ]
noun
- a modern movement for the protection of the consumer against useless, inferior, or dangerous products, misleading advertising, unfair pricing, etc.
- the concept that an ever-expanding consumption of goods is advantageous to the economy.
- the fact or practice of an increasing consumption of goods:
a critic of American consumerism.
consumerism
/ əˈːəˌɪə /
noun
- protection of the interests of consumers
- advocacy of a high rate of consumption and spending as a basis for a sound economy
Derived Forms
- Dzˈܳ, nounadjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- t·Dz·ܳİ· noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of consumerism1
Example Sentences
I want to teach her financial literacy, but the world is teaching her digital consumerism faster.
Presented in Imax, “One to One” overwhelms with this cascade of information, entertainment and consumerism, suggesting that Lennon and Ono’s music and advocacy grew out of that visual maelstrom.
Still, as Yarrow points out, many of these efforts were caught in a feedback loop of consumerism that involved being tarted up in a bad-girl aesthetic to sell merchandise or goose sales.
Townsend’s subversiveness serves a purpose; he is making an artistic comment on gentrification and urban renovation in Providence as well as capitalism and the unrealistic/unattainable fantasies of consumerism.
What it sounds like to me is the consumerism of love: You pay this behavior in order to get this security.
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