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We live in an era of consumerism and it's all about desire-based consumerism and it has nothing to do with things we actually need.
Aloe Blacc

Meaning of "consumerism" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CONSUMERISM

consumerism  [kənˈsjuːməˌrɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONSUMERISM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Consumerism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CONSUMERISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

consumerism

Consumerism

Consumerism is a social and economic order and ideology that encourages the acquisition of goods and services in ever-greater amounts. Early criticisms of consumerism are present in the works of Thorstein Veblen. Veblen's subject of examination, the newly emergent middle class arising at the turn of the twentieth century, comes to fruition by the end of the twentieth century through the process of globalization. In this sense, consumerism is usually considered a part of media culture. In the domain of politics, the term "consumerism" has also been used to refer to something quite different called the consumerists movement, consumer protection or consumer activism, which seeks to protect and inform consumers by requiring such practices as honest packaging and advertising, product guarantees, and improved safety standards. In this sense it is a political movement or a set of policies aimed at regulating the products, services, methods, and standards of manufacturers, sellers, and advertisers in the interests of the buyer. In the domain of economics, consumerism refers to economic policies placing emphasis on consumption.

Definition of consumerism in the English dictionary

The definition of consumerism in the dictionary is protection of the interests of consumers. Other definition of consumerism is advocacy of a high rate of consumption and spending as a basis for a sound economy.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONSUMERISM


adventurism
ədˈvɛntʃəˌrɪzəm
aneurysm
ˈænjəˌrɪzəm
aphorism
ˈæfəˌrɪzəm
asterism
ˈæstəˌrɪzəm
barbarism
ˈbɑːbəˌrɪzəm
counterterrorism
ˌkaʊntəˈtɛrəˌrɪzəm
esoterism
ɛˈsɒtəˌrɪzəm
futurism
ˈfjuːtʃəˌrɪzəm
historism
ˈhɪstəˌrɪzəm
hypopituitarism
ˌhaɪpəpɪˈtjuːɪtəˌrɪzəm
isomerism
aɪˈsɒməˌrɪzəm
mannerism
ˈmænəˌrɪzəm
mesmerism
ˈmɛzməˌrɪzəm
militarism
ˈmɪlɪtəˌrɪzəm
naturism
ˈneɪtʃəˌrɪzəm
plagiarism
ˈpleɪdʒəˌrɪzəm
secularism
ˈsɛkjʊləˌrɪzəm
terrorism
ˈtɛrəˌrɪzəm
Thatcherism
ˈθætʃəˌrɪzəm
voluntarism
ˈvɒləntəˌrɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONSUMERISM

consumer confidence
consumer credit
consumer demand
consumer durable
consumer electronics
consumer goods
consumer group
consumer market
consumer price index
consumer protection
consumer resistance
consumer sampling
consumer society
consumer spending
consumer terrorism
consumer watchdog
consumerist
consumeristic
Consumers´ Association
consumership

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONSUMERISM

allomerism
boosterism
careerism
chimerism
eumerism
gangsterism
hetaerism
hipsterism
Hitlerism
keto-enol tautomerism
metamerism
panderism
pauperism
phalansterism
Quakerism
ranterism
spoonerism
stereoisomerism
tautomerism
tourism
volunteerism

Synonyms and antonyms of consumerism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «consumerism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONSUMERISM

Find out the translation of consumerism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of consumerism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «consumerism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

消费
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

el consumismo
570 millions of speakers

English

consumerism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उपभोक्तावाद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الاستهلاكية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

потребительство
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

consumismo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভোগবাদ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

consumérisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kepenggunaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Konsum
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

消費者運動
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

소비
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Konsumerisme
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lợi người tiêu dùng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பயன்பாடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ग्राहकवाद
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tüketimi özendirme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

consumismo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

konsumpcjonizm
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

споживацтво
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

consumerism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καταναλωτισμός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verbruikerswese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

konsumism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

konsumerisme
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of consumerism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONSUMERISM»

The term «consumerism» is quite widely used and occupies the 35.694 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONSUMERISM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about consumerism

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10 QUOTES WITH «CONSUMERISM»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word consumerism.
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Christian Bale
My hope is that people will be repulsed by the character's complete lack of ethics and obsession with consumerism - that's what I was saying about the difference between the character's message and the film's message.
2
J. G. Ballard
Consumerism is so weird. It's a sort of conspiracy we collude in. You'd think shoppers spending their hard-earned cash would be highly critical. You know that the manufacturers are trying to have you on.
3
Jeff Bezos
What consumerism really is, at its worst is getting people to buy things that don't actually improve their lives.
4
Aloe Blacc
We live in an era of consumerism and it's all about desire-based consumerism and it has nothing to do with things we actually need.
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Aloe Blacc
I think a lot of self-identity and inner-personal development is hampered by consumerism and capitalism because we see ourselves as a reflection of the TV, rather than as a reflection of the people who are around us, truly.
6
Edward Bond
Violence is hidden within democratic structures because they are not radically democratic - Western democracy is merely a domestic convenience of consumerism.
7
Pierre Dukan
I think America and Britain have a different culture from France. They discovered marketing and consumerism before France.
8
Trevor Dunn
Pop culture is not about depth. It's about marketing, supply and demand, consumerism.
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Bruce Feiler
The older I get, the more I realize that religion is not going to be easily marginalized by one of its wannabe successors - science, capitalism, consumerism.
10
Henry Giroux
Since the 1970s, we have witnessed the forces of market fundamentalism strip education of its public values, critical content, and civic responsibilities as part of its broader goal of creating new subjects wedded to consumerism, risk-free relationships, and the destruction of the social state.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONSUMERISM»

Discover the use of consumerism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to consumerism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Consumerism: As a Way of Life
This book provides an introduction to the historical and theoretical foundations of consumerism.
Steven Miles, 1998
2
Tourists of History: Memory, Kitsch, and Consumerism from ...
DIVStudy of how the memorials created in Oklahoma City and at the World Trade Center site raise questions about the relationship between cultural memory and consumerism./div ""Tourists of History" is a great read: well written, accessible ...
Marita Sturken, 2007
3
Architecture and Design Versus Consumerism: How Design ...
There is mounting evidence that ever-increasing consumption in the developed world is leading us down a path to ecological collapse, and doing our society no favours.
Ann Thorpe, 2012
4
Consumerism
The book examines these issues, and also looks at żethical consumptionż ż how does our consumption of luxury goods impact on people in the developing world and on the environment?
Justin Healey, 2007
5
Consumerism
This book examines the fundamental questions surrounding the issue of consumerism today. What is consumerism? When did consumerism begin? Why do businesses advertise? Are children affected by consumerism?
Alex Woolf, 2004
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Consumerism in World History: The Global Transformation of ...
Consumerism can be appallingly shallow. It opens even thoughtful people to manipulations by salesmen and advertisers. It does relate to a decline of spiritual values and other intangibles. It does generate mindless conformities. It may even  ...
Peter N. Stearns, 2006
7
Gender, Civic Culture and Consumerism: Middle-Class Identity ...
The essays in this volume deal chiefly with issues of class and gender, which are seen as mutually constitutive of social identity.
Alan Kidd, David Nicholls, 1999
8
Cultural Citizenship: Cosmopolitanism, Consumerism, and ...
A lively, incisive view of what citizenship means today.
Toby Miller, 2007
9
Cosmopolitan Culture and Consumerism in Chick Lit
Cosmopolitan Culture and Consumerism in Chick Lit examines the way in which the popular women’s fiction genre of the late 1990s, known as chick lit, responds to women’s advice manuals such as women’s magazines, self-help books, ...
Caroline J. Smith, 2007
10
Excess: Anti-consumerism in the West
The book offers an examination of anti-consumerism at a time when the idea of 'consumer excess' is being re-framed by a global economic downturn, and crucially explores what this means for the future of political debate.
Kim Humphery, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONSUMERISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term consumerism is used in the context of the following news items.
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High altitude pods and a stint in the deep freeze: my quest for …
“Like most religions, consumerism needs to make the offer of immortality,” he says. “Since they can buy everything else, some rich, privileged ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
A day for the rest: For many, Sunday is special because of its …
But many remain, and they sit oddly in a multi-faith society, one that counts consumerism as a new religion. Will George Osborne finally lift ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
3
Opinion: Car sharing has me thinking: Who wants to rent my dog …
Those new offerings represent an admirable amalgam of product sustainability, capitalism and Elizabeth Warren-style consumerism. «MarketWatch, Jul 15»
4
Financial success requires sacrifice
We compounded the problem by our consumerism together with personal and college education debts. Too many have expectations for large ... «MarketWatch, Jul 15»
5
Carnival will soon take you to Cuba from Miami. Just don't call it a …
... operating on luxury ships leaving from Miami, upon which you can consume while simultaneously discussing the social ills of consumerism. «Vox, Jul 15»
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Consumption Is Not a Sin
Despite out agreement on this matter, I would like to differ and point out that consumerism is actually the most efficient way of reducing poverty, ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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From a rude Christ to the 'distracting' Gateshead Angel - other art …
Based on Forth Street, in Newcastle, it was artist Abigail Fallis' view of consumerism and was in the shape of a giant DNA double-helix. «ChronicleLive, Jul 15»
8
The Philosopher's Guide to Growing Up
Our culture, in fact, breeds dependency in both consumerism and work: smartphones are toys (and we get anxious when we're away from ... «The New Republic, Jul 15»
9
On final day in Ecuador, Pope Francis puts his green hat back on
Speaking about the challenges of migration, overcrowded cities, consumerism, and crisis in families, the pontiff called for laws, regulations, and ... «Crux: Covering all things Catholic, Jul 15»
10
Anthropocene: On the Substance of a New Idea
Accelerated consumerism has resulted in metals and minerals disappearing in certain places due to mining, and reappearing in other places in ... «Triple Pundit, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Consumerism [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/consumerism>. May 2024 ».
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