Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The movement seeking to protect and inform consumers by requiring such practices as honest packaging and advertising, product guarantees, and improved safety standards.
- noun The theory that a progressively greater consumption of goods is economically beneficial.
- noun Attachment to materialistic values or possessions.
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- noun A
policy ofprotecting andinforming consumers throughhonesty inadvertising andpackaging , improvedsafety standards etc - noun A
materialistic attachment topossessions - noun An
economic theory that increasedconsumption isbeneficial to a nation'seconomy in the long run.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the theory that an increasing consumption of goods is economically beneficial
- noun a movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers
Etymologies
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Examples
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Evolution and applications of the term consumerism: theme and variations.
Get Over Nation 2008
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It requires strengthening the social fabric of neighborhoods, communities and social movements so that we have more occasions to talk to one another as citizens because if we don't -- in the absence of meaningful democratic citizenship, the illusion of consumerism is likely to get the better of us.
Steven Crandell: Annenberg's Alchemy Steven Crandell 2010
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In So Sexy So Soon, Diane E. Levin and Jean Kilbourne teach us about how commercialization and consumerism is quickly destroying childhood.
Archive 2009-10-01 2009
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In So Sexy So Soon, Diane E. Levin and Jean Kilbourne teach us about how commercialization and consumerism is quickly destroying childhood.
Book Review: So Sexy So Soon by Diane E. Levin and Jean Kilbourne 2009
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Is rampant consumerism is essential to sustain economic growth?
In Praise of Temperance, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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America should make more stuff but America should buy less stuff because consumerism is bad. jimbo Says:
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This happens in consumerism, when people are ensnared in a web of false and superficial gratifications rather than being helped to experience their personhood in an authentic and concrete way.
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It requires strengthening the social fabric of neighborhoods, communities and social movements so that we have more occasions to talk to one another as citizens because if we don't -- in the absence of meaningful democratic citizenship, the illusion of consumerism is likely to get the better of us.
Steven Crandell: Annenberg's Alchemy Steven Crandell 2010
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It requires strengthening the social fabric of neighborhoods, communities and social movements so that we have more occasions to talk to one another as citizens because if we don't -- in the absence of meaningful democratic citizenship, the illusion of consumerism is likely to get the better of us.
Steven Crandell: Annenberg's Alchemy Steven Crandell 2010
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We were going to go in, come out and be done with it, a simple exercise in consumerism without going overboard.
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