consumerism

IPA: kʌnsˈumɝɪzʌm

A policy or social movement of protecting and informing consumers through honesty in advertising and packaging, as well as improved safety standards, among other measures.
A materialistic attachment to possessions.
An economic theory that increased consumption is beneficial to a nation's economy in the long run.

Examples of "consumerism" in Sentences

Is rampant consumerism is essential to sustain economic growth?
Evolution and applications of the term consumerism: theme and variations.
America should make more stuff but America should buy less stuff because consumerism is bad. jimbo Says:
We were going to go in, come out and be done with it, a simple exercise in consumerism without going overboard.
In So Sexy So Soon, Diane E. Levin and Jean Kilbourne teach us about how commercialization and consumerism is quickly destroying childhood.
This happens in consumerism, when people are ensnared in a web of false and superficial gratifications rather than being helped to experience their personhood in an authentic and concrete way.
It requires strengthening the social fabric of neighborhoods, communities and social movements so that we have more occasions to talk to one another as citizens because if we don't -- in the absence of meaningful democratic citizenship, the illusion of consumerism is likely to get the better of us.