consumerism

consumerism

English

Etymology

consumer +‎ -ism

Noun

consumerism (countable and uncountable, plural consumerisms)

1. A policy of protecting and informing consumers through honesty in advertising and packaging, improved safety standards etc
2. A materialistic attachment to possessions.
3. An economic theory that increased consumption is beneficial to a nation's economy in the long run.

Derived terms

• political consumerism

Related terms

• consumerist

Translations

economic theory

Azerbaijani: istehlakçılıq Catalan: consumisme m Chinese: Mandarin: 消費主義／消费主义 (xiāofèizhǔyì) Finnish: konsumerismi (fi) French: consumérisme (fr) m German: Konsumismus m Indonesian: konsumerisme (id) Kazakh: тұтынушылық (tūtynuşylyq) Malay: کڤڠݢوناءن‎ (kepenggunaan) Maori: kaiwhakapetonga Portuguese: consumismo (pt) m Russian: потребительство (ru) n (potrebitelʹstvo) Spanish: consumismo (es) m Swedish: konsumism c

Anagrams

• res communis