'consumerism' definitions:
Definition of 'consumerism'
From: WordNet
noun
The theory that an increasing consumption of goods is economically beneficial
noun
A movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers
Synonyms of 'consumerism'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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