"buyer's remorse" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} buyer's remorse (uncountable)
  1. A feeling of anxiety or regret after making, or after promising to make, a purchase, especially a purchase encouraged by a high-pressure sales pitch. Tags: uncountable Translations (anxiety after purchase): ostukahetsus (Estonian), ostokatumus (Finnish), remords de l’acheteur [masculine] (French), Kaufreue [feminine] (German), wyrzuty sumienia po zakupie [masculine, plural] (Polish), раска́яние покупа́теля (raskájanije pokupátelja) [neuter] (Russian), remordimiento del comprador [masculine] (Spanish)
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  2. (transferred sense) A feeling of regret after any kind of decision, for example voting for a certain party or consenting to sex with someone. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: postdecisional regret Translations (feeling of regret after any kind of decision): katumus (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-buyer's_remorse-en-noun-jYTPy6lF Disambiguation of 'feeling of regret after any kind of decision': 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: buyers' remorse Related terms: cooling-off period, impulse buy
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