consumerist
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- noun
- /kənˈsjuːmərɪst/
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consumista
- Closer to home, the literal mind-numbing mass communication and consumerist behaviors of most Americans insulate our minds to the greater reality of the world.
- consumerist movement
Being like a hardcore consumerist and thinking that piling up as many goods as you can, that's not compatible with Stoicism.
- Being like a hardcore consumerist and thinking that piling up as many goods as you can, that's not compatible with Stoicism.
Examples
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As a consumerist, she always seeks out the newest trends in fashion and technology.
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We're all too globally interconnected into the consumerist system.
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It is my contention that the New Age is primarily a consumerist movement.
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Leaders preached against rampant consumerism; participants took consumerist practices home.
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A condition that remains, despite living in a post-industrial society where consumerist demands are incessant, impatient, and never fulfilled.
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Being like a hardcore consumerist and thinking that piling up as many goods as you can, that's not compatible with Stoicism.
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Z. Bauman's concept of "neo-tribes" may elucidate more specifically how individual quests for identity through purchase can result in consumerist movements such as the New Age.
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Many consumerists believe that the latest gadgets will improve their quality of life.
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The rise of consumerists in society has led to an increased focus on material possessions.
Synonyms
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A person who likes expensive things and shows off
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A person who often buys too many things and cannot stop
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5.9
A person who cares more about money and things than about ideas or feelings
Antonyms
How Consumerist
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Consumerist comes from consumer ('buyer') and the ending -ist ('person with a belief'), so a consumerist is a person who likes buying and owning many things.