Consumerism

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  consumerism
       n 1: the theory that an increasing consumption of goods is
            economically beneficial
       2: a movement advocating greater protection of the interests of
          consumers



From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "consumerism":
     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