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Definition: Consumerism |
ConsumerismNoun1. The theory that an increasing consumption of goods is economically beneficial. 2. A movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
To those who accept the idea of consumerism, these products are not seen as valuable in themselves, but rather as social signals or a reducer of anxiety about belonging. The older term "conspicuous consumption" spread to describe this in the United States in the 1960s, but was soon linked to larger debates about media theory, culture jamming, and its corollary productivism.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Consumerism."
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Guyana | American business also stands to benefit from rising consumerism in Guyana. (references) |
Indonesia | However, economic experts note that unless concrete economic reforms are finally taken, the flush of consumerism that has been fueling the positive indicators will soon fade. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Consumerism" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Consumerism" is used about 177 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 177 | 23,322 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "consumerism"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 消费者至上主义. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | konzumismus, konzumerismus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Verbraucherbewegung. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καταναλωτισμός. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | fogyasztás (consumption, damper, diminution, slenderizing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | コロンブスの卵 (Columbus Day, Columbus' egg, computer graphics, conc., concentrated, concert, concert hall, concert master, concertante, concise, conclave, concord, Concorde, concourse, concrete, concrete block, concrete jungle, concrete mixer, concrete pile, concurrent, conga, conglomerate, conglomerate merchant, Congo, congratulations, congress, congress gaiters, conscious, conservation, conservative, conservator, conservatory, consultant, consultant engineer, consulting, consulting sales, consumer, Consumer Interpole, consumering, consumers' relation, consumers' research, consumption, contest, CR). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | コンシューマリズ . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | onsumerismcay консюмеризм. (various references) consumismo. (various references) konsumentupplysning, konsumentskydd. (various references) tüketimi özendirme, tüketiciden yana olma. (various references) стимулювання споживчого інтересу. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "consumerism": consumerisms. (additional references) | |
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"Consumerism" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: comsumerism, consummerism, costumbrism. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "consumerism" (pronounced kunsuw"meri'zum) |
| 6 | -m er i' z u m | mesmerism. |
| 5 | -er i' z u m | adventurism, amateurism, aphorism, barbarism, boosterism, counterterrorism, futurism, mannerism, militarism, monetarism, plagiarism, secularism, terrorism, voluntarism. |
| 4 | -i' z u m | abolitionism, absenteeism, absolutism, activism, agrarianism, alcoholism, altruism, anachronism, aneurism, animism, antagonism, astigmatism, atavism, atheism, authoritarianism, autism, baptism, bilingualism, bolshevism, botulism, cannibalism, capitalism, catechism, centralism, chauvinism, classicism, collectivism, colonialism, commercialism, communism, conservatism, corporatism, creationism, criticism, cronyism, cubism, cynicism, dandyism, defeatism, deism, despotism, determinism, diamagnetism, diastrophism, dimorphism, dogmatism, Druidism, dualism, dwarfism, dynamism, egalitarianism, egoism, egotism, electromagnetism, elitism, embolism, emotionalism, empiricism, entrepreneurialism, environmentalism, ergotism, eroticism, escapism, ethnocentrism, euphemism, evangelism, expansionism, expressionism, extremism, factionalism, fanaticism, fascism, fatalism, favoritism, federalism, feminism, ferromagnetism, fetishism, feudalism, formalism, fundamentalism, geotropism, gnosticism, gradualism, hedonism, helotism, heroism, hooliganism, humanism, hypnotism, idealism, illusionism, imperialism, impressionism, incrementalism, individualism, intellectualism, internationalism, interventionism, Irredentism, isolationism, isomorphism, jingoism, journalism, leftism, legalism, lesbianism, liberalism, lyricism, magnetism, masochism, materialism, mechanism, mercantilism, metabolism, methodism, microorganism, minimalism, modernism, monasticism, monism, monotheism, moralism, multiculturalism, multilateralism, mutualism, mysticism, narcissism, nationalism, nativism, naturalism, negativism, nepotism, neutralism, nihilism, obstructionism, opportunism, optimism, organism, ostracism, overoptimism, pacifism, paganism, parallelism, parkinsonism, parochialism, pastoralism, paternalism, patriotism, perfectionism, pessimism, pharisaism, pietism, pluralism, polymorphism, polytheism, populism, positivism, pragmatism, professionalism, protectionism, provincialism, puritanism, racialism, racism, radicalism, realism, recidivism, relativism, republicanism, revisionism, rheumatism, romanticism, sadism, satanism, sectarianism, sensationalism, separatism, sexism, skepticism, socialism, statism, stoicism, supernaturalism, surrealism, symbolism, synergism, territorialism, theism, tokenism, totalitarianism, tourism, truism, unionism, vandalism, vegetarianism, vigilantism, volunteerism, voyeurism. |
| 3 | -z u m | bosom, careerism, chasm, cytoplasm, enthusiasm, iconoclasm, ism, microcosm, neoplasm, orgasm, phantasm, prism, sarcasm, schism, spasm. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-i-m-m-n-o-r-s-s-u" | |
-1 letter: commissure, communises, crumminess. | |
-2 letters: coinsures, communise, consumers, encomiums, meconiums, misnomers, resummons, sensorium, summoners. | |
-3 letters: coinsure, communes, consumer, consumes, coremium, cornuses, crimsons, crummies, encomium, incomers, meconium, meniscus, misnomer, monsieur, mucrones, necrosis, neurosis, numerics, resinous, resummon, scummers, scummier, sermonic, summoner. | |
-4 letters: censors, ceriums, cesiums, cession, coenuri, coiners, commies, commune, coniums, consume, cosines, cosmism, courses, cousins, crimson. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-i-m-m-n-o-r-s-s-u" | |
+1 letter: consumerisms. | |
+4 letters: commensurations. | |
+5 letters: incommensurables, superromanticism. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Quotations: Non-fiction 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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