Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A materialistic attachment to possessions with a heavy use of consumables; a lifestyle based on such tendencies.

  2. (countable, uncountable)An economic theory that increased consumption is beneficial to a nation's economy in the long run.

    Konsumismus

    потреби́тельствоpotrebítelʹstvo

    the theory that an increasing consumption of goods is economically beneficial

  3. (countable, uncountable)A policy or social movement of protecting and informing consumers through honesty in advertising and packaging, as well as improved safety standards, among other measures.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Tom is a proponent of green consumerism.

  2. Excessive consumerism in some countries affects the natural environment.

  3. More so than capitalism or democracy, it is consumerism that won the ideological wars of the 20th century.

  4. Do the Germans have any other concerns in life apart from consumerism?

    ruЕсть ли у немцев другие заботы в жизни, кроме потребительства? — Buacity10

  5. At the Vatican, Pope Francis urged the faithful to reject "the god of money" as well as consumerism, pleasure, success and self.

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