2. Noun. a proponent of consumerism ¹
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Definition of Consumerist
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Consumerist
Literary usage of Consumerist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Detente: Rethinking East-West Relations by Mary Kaldor, Gerard Holden, Richard A. Falk (1989)
"For not only does it encourage consumerist definitions of progress and individual
well-being, it also squeezes out the space for expression of people's ..."
2. The Lab, the Temple, and the Market: Reflections at the Intersection of ...by Sharon Harper by Sharon Harper (2000)
"British sociologist John Hargreaves, in his book Sport, Power and Culture, offered
a detailed analysis of consumerist, capitalist culture: It is the way ..."
3. Patient Power: Choice for a Better NHS by Peter Lilley (2000)
"It could not last in the face of consumerist attitudes, the questioning of
established authority and a growing desire to take personal control over one's ..."
4. Renewing the United Nations System by Erskine Childers (1999)
"... in the past with competition for natural resources, but the pressures of
development, consumerist expectations, and population are relatively new. ..."
5. My Tiny Life: Crime and Passion in a Virtual World by Julian Dibbell (1998)
"... by the sudden abundance of leisure time in postwar consumerist societies-these
new games carried out their inherited role of simulating history with an ..."
6. Latin America Today by Pablo González Casanova (1993)
"Therefore, the function of "bourgeois hegemonic consolidation" - fulfilling the
consumerist dream - cannot be forgotten. But the revival of conservative ..."
7. Social Sciences and Innovation by Oecd (2001)
"The other side of the coin relates to an increasingly consumerist society.
Rachel Carson was undoubtedly the eloquent pioneer who set the ball rolling in ..."
8. Financial Services Reform: Congressional Hearing edited by Michael G. Oxley (1999)
"... the role of bank regulators has been to promote the safety and soundness of
banks, that of securities regulators is consumerist in direction; third, ..."
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