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consumerism

[ kuhn-soo-muh-riz-uhm ]

noun

  1. a modern movement for the protection of the consumer against useless, inferior, or dangerous products, misleading advertising, unfair pricing, etc.
  2. the concept that an ever-expanding consumption of goods is advantageous to the economy.
  3. the fact or practice of an increasing consumption of goods:

    a critic of American consumerism.



consumerism

/ 办蓹苍藞蝉箩耻藧尘蓹藢谤瑟锄蓹尘 /

noun

  1. protection of the interests of consumers
  2. advocacy of a high rate of consumption and spending as a basis for a sound economy
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

consumerism

  1. A movement in the United States that seeks to protect consumers against shoddy or improperly labeled products. ( See Ralph Nader .)
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Derived Forms

  • 肠辞苍藞蝉耻尘别谤颈蝉迟, nounadjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 补苍顎卼颈路肠辞苍路蝉耻尘顎侥谤路颈蝉尘 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of consumerism1

An Americanism dating back to 1940鈥45; consumer + -ism
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I want to teach her financial literacy, but the world is teaching her digital consumerism faster.

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Presented in Imax, 鈥淥ne to One鈥 overwhelms with this cascade of information, entertainment and consumerism, suggesting that Lennon and Ono鈥檚 music and advocacy grew out of that visual maelstrom.

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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.

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Townsend鈥檚 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.

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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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