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consumerist

consumerist

3 6.3
A way of life that values buying and owning things
  • adjective
  • /kənˈsjuːmərɪst/
translation icon : consumista
  • The rise of consumerist values has led people to prioritize material possessions over experiences.
  • consumerist society
  • consumerist lifestyle
  • consumerist ideal

The last thing that is easy to do in this consumerist world that we have is find quality contractors.

Examples

  • The last thing that is easy to do in this consumerist world that we have is find quality contractors.

    Meet Kevin

  • The global spread of consumerist values and the homogenization of culture.

    Academic text (2008)

  • And it does have to do with the earth and it does have to do with this consumerist stuff.

  • I can see that it is this way in many places in our consumerist nation.

    Blog text (15)

  • We in the West are terribly consumerist, and so back to nature, it's made me think.

    Academic text (2015)

  • But then, in a capitalist consumerist society, formal education is a huge market.

    Blog text (5)

  • I don't see how schools are a major culprit in pushing this consumerist attitude on kids.

    Blog text (17)

  • Disenchantment with the consumerist lifestyle mushrooms, gradually affecting all groups but particularly the young.

    Academic text (1999)

  • It's ironic how we are both addicted to and appalled by our 24/7/365 consumerist society.

    Blog text (22)

  • The trilogy relentlessly confronts us with the dire potential consequences of consumerist greed, ecological nihilism, or technological development pursued with a deficit of ethical reflection.

    Academic text (2018)

Synonyms

materialistic
vsconsumerist
23 6.1

Liking money and things more than ideas or feelings

emphasizes buying and owning goods and services rather than values
acquisitive
vsconsumerist
2 7.9

To want to get and keep many things, often things you can buy

is about a wider social emphasis on buying and ownership rather than personal desire
spendy
vsconsumerist
  • UK
1 8.2

A person who likes to buy expensive things

focuses on a cultural emphasis on buying and owning rather than on costly habits

Antonyms

frugal
31 4.9

Careful about spending money and not wasting things

How Consumerist

consumerist
3 6.3
materialistic
23 6.1

Surface Forms

consumerist positive
consumerist comparative
consumerist superlative

Morphology

consumerist = consumer (transparent) = consume + er + ist

The suffix '-ist' is transparently added to 'consumer' to denote a characteristic or relation.

Etymology

Consumerist comes from consume ('to use up' or 'eat') and the ending -ist that shows a habit or way of acting; think of a culture that 'uses up' many goods by always buying more, and that's why consumerist describes a strong focus on buying and owning things.