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Noun [English]

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Etymology: From consumer + -ism. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|consumer|ism}} consumer + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} consumerism (countable and uncountable, plural consumerisms)
  1. 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. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  2. A materialistic attachment to possessions. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  3. An economic theory that increased consumption is beneficial to a nation's economy in the long run. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (economic theory): istehlakçılıq (Azerbaijani), consumisme [masculine] (Catalan), 消費主義 (Chinese Mandarin), 消费主义 (xiāofèizhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), konsumerismi (Finnish), consumérisme [masculine] (French), Konsumismus [masculine] (German), konsumerisme (Indonesian), тұтынушылық (tūtynuşylyq) (Kazakh), 소비주의 (sobijuui) (alt: 消費主義) (Korean), کڤڠݢوناءن (kepenggunaan) (Malay), kaiwhakapetonga (Maori), مصرفگرایی (masraf-gerâyi) (Persian), consumismo [masculine] (Portuguese), потреби́тельство (potrebítelʹstvo) [neuter] (Russian), consumismo [masculine] (Spanish), konsumism [common-gender] (Swedish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: anticonsumerism, hyperconsumerism, political consumerism, postconsumerism Related terms: consumerist

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          "text": "The fear of corporatism, consumerism, middle-browism and a mass reading public has driven twentieth-century cultural hierarchists.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2024 August 8, Angela Garbes, “Menopause tests and anti-ageing face oils: welcome to midlife consumerism”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:",
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    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "economic theory",
      "word": "istehlakçılıq"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "economic theory",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "consumisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "economic theory",
      "word": "消費主義"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiāofèizhǔyì",
      "sense": "economic theory",
      "word": "消费主义"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "economic theory",
      "word": "konsumerismi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "economic theory",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "consumérisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "economic theory",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Konsumismus"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "economic theory",
      "word": "konsumerisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "tūtynuşylyq",
      "sense": "economic theory",
      "word": "тұтынушылық"
    },
    {
      "alt": "消費主義",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sobijuui",
      "sense": "economic theory",
      "word": "소비주의"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "roman": "kepenggunaan",
      "sense": "economic theory",
      "word": "کڤڠݢوناءن"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "economic theory",
      "word": "kaiwhakapetonga"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "masraf-gerâyi",
      "sense": "economic theory",
      "word": "مصرفگرایی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "economic theory",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "consumismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "potrebítelʹstvo",
      "sense": "economic theory",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "потреби́тельство"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "economic theory",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "consumismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "economic theory",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
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    }
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    "consumerism"
  ],
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}

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