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consumerism
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consumerism
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun consumerism has 2 senses
- consumerism(n = noun.cognition) Array - the theory that an increasing consumption of goods is economically beneficial; Array is a kind of economic theory
- consumerism(n = noun.act) Array - a movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers; Array is a kind of campaign, cause, crusade, drive, effort, movement
OXFORD DICTIONARY
consumerism, n. the protection or promotion of consumers' interests in relation to the producer.
Derivative
consumerist adj. & n.
THESAURUS
consumerism
buy, buying, buying power, buying up, catalog buying, coemption, consumer power, consumer sovereignty, cornering, emption, hire purchase, impulse buying, installment buying, mail-order buying, marketing, money illusion, purchase, purchasing, purchasing power, rebuying, repurchase, shopping, shopping spree, window-shopping
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