Noun
a movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers
the theory that an increasing consumption of goods is economically beneficial
Source: WordNetThe family wage has been eroded by the same developments that have promoted consumerism as a way of life. Christopher Lasch
The corruption of the American soul is consumerism. Ben Nicholson
We desperately need to recognise that we are the guests, not the masters, of nature and adopt a new paradigm for development, based on the costs and benefits to all people, and bound by the limits of nature herself rather than the limits of technology and consumerism. Mikhail Gorbachev
It is the logic of consumerism that undermines the values of loyalty and permanence and promotes a different set of values that is destructive of family life. Christopher Lasch
It is advertising and the logic of consumerism that governs the depiction of reality in the mass media. Christopher Lasch
I think America and Britain have a different culture from France. They discovered marketing and consumerism before France. Pierre Dukan