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consumerism definition

con·sum·er·ism (-iz′əm)

noun

  1. the practice and policies of protecting the consumer by publicizing defective and unsafe products, misleading business practices, etc.
  2. the consumption of goods and services
  3. a theory that a continual increase in the consumption of goods is sound economically

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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