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"text": "“It’s where cultural identity and cheap viral consumerism intersect,” D. Andrew Price, head of content at Memes Media Group, said of how Mr. Kirk’s T-shirt has proliferated in recent days.",
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"A materialistic attachment to possessions with a heavy use of consumables; a lifestyle based on such tendencies."
],
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"materialistic"
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[
"attachment",
"attachment"
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[
"possession",
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],
[
"consumable",
"consumable"
],
[
"lifestyle",
"lifestyle"
]
],
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]
},
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],
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"economic",
"economic"
],
[
"theory",
"theory"
],
[
"consumption",
"consumption"
],
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"beneficial",
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],
[
"economy",
"economy"
]
],
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},
{
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],
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"policy"
],
[
"social movement",
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"informing"
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[
"consumer",
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[
"honesty",
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],
[
"advertising",
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[
"packaging",
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[
"safety",
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[
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"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kənˈsjumərɪzm̩/",
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"Received-Pronunciation"
]
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "ar",
"sense": "economic theory",
"word": "استهلاكية"
},
{
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{
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"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"lang_code": "az",
"sense": "economic theory",
"word": "istehlakçılıq"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "economic theory",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "consumisme"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "xiāofèizhǔyì",
"sense": "economic theory",
"word": "消費主義 /消费主义"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "economic theory",
"word": "konsumerismi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
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"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "economic theory",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "consumérisme"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "economic theory",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Konsumismus"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "katanalotismós",
"sense": "economic theory",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "καταναλωτισμός"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"lang_code": "id",
"sense": "economic theory",
"word": "konsumerisme"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"lang_code": "kk",
"roman": "tutınuwšılıq",
"sense": "economic theory",
"word": "тұтынушылық"
},
{
"alt": "消費主義",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "sobijuui",
"sense": "economic theory",
"word": "소비주의"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"lang_code": "ms",
"roman": "kepenggunaan",
"sense": "economic theory",
"word": "کڤڠݢوناءن"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Māori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "economic theory",
"word": "kaiwhakapetonga"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"roman": "masraf-gerâyi",
"sense": "economic theory",
"word": "مصرفگرایی"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "economic theory",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "konsumpcjonizm"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "economic theory",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "consumismo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "potrebítelʹstvo",
"sense": "economic theory",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "потреби́тельство"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "economic theory",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "economic theory",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "konsumism"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"lang_code": "ur",
"roman": "sārifiyat",
"sense": "economic theory",
"word": "صارفیت"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"lang_code": "ur",
"roman": "sārif-parastī",
"sense": "economic theory",
"word": "صارف پرستی"
}
],
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}
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