anticonsumerist
Opposes excessive purchasing
Anticonsumerist describes opposition to consumer culture and the values it promotes—the belief that buying things leads to happiness or status.
An anticonsumerist stance critiques excessive consumption, planned obsolescence, and corporate marketing.
The documentary takes an anticonsumerist view of Black Friday shopping.
The term can describe people, movements, or ideas: anticonsumerist activists, anticonsumerist philosophy.
Economical resource management
- asceticismSevere self-denial practice
- self-restraintVoluntary impulse control
- contentmentPeaceful satisfaction with circumstances
- sufficiencyState of being enough
degrowth · Thoreau · alienation · authenticity · well-being · affluenza · Schumacher
Public expression of disapproval
- boycottOrganized economic protest
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- advocacyPleading for a cause
demonstration · march · rally · resistance · picketing · solidarity · sit-in · leafleting
No garbage produced
- recyclingReprocessing used materials
- upcyclingImproving discarded materials' value
- secondhandHaving had prior ownership
- thriftingPurchasing secondhand merchandise
repair · mending · reuse · composting · ecofriendly · reduce · freecycle · swap-meet
Remove unnecessary items
- simplicityLack of complexity
- downsizingReducing workforce or scale
- essentialsIndispensable items or elements
- pared-downSimplified by removal
Operating across multiple countries
- conglomerateCorporation spanning many industries
- monopolyOne seller, no substitutes
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- deregulationRemoving governmental business restrictions
bailout · advertising · branding · greenwashing · fast-fashion · Amazon · Walmart
Prioritizing goods over spirit
- overconsumptionExcessive use of resources
- disposabilityMeant to be discarded
- wasteUnwanted discarded material
- greedExcessive desire for wealth
exploitation · sweatshop · supply-chain · transparency · accountability · values · sufficiency
frugality
Economical resource management
- asceticismSevere self-denial practice
- self-restraintVoluntary impulse control
- contentmentPeaceful satisfaction with circumstances
sufficiency · degrowth · Thoreau · alienation · authenticity · well-being · affluenza · Schumacher
protest
Public expression of disapproval
- boycottOrganized economic protest
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
advocacy · demonstration · march · rally · resistance · picketing · solidarity · sit-in · leafleting · divestment
zero-waste
No garbage produced
- recyclingReprocessing used materials
- upcyclingImproving discarded materials' value
- secondhandHaving had prior ownership
thrifting · repair · mending · reuse · composting · ecofriendly · reduce · freecycle · swap-meet · durability
declutter
Remove unnecessary items
- simplicityLack of complexity
- downsizingReducing workforce or scale
- essentialsIndispensable items or elements
pared-down · spartan · uncluttered · essentialism · decluttering
multinational
Operating across multiple countries
- conglomerateCorporation spanning many industries
- monopolyOne seller, no substitutes
- exploitationSelfish use of others
deregulation · bailout · advertising · branding · greenwashing · fast-fashion · Amazon · Walmart
materialism
Prioritizing goods over spirit
- overconsumptionExcessive use of resources
- disposabilityMeant to be discarded
- wasteUnwanted discarded material
greed · exploitation · sweatshop · supply-chain · transparency · accountability · values · sufficiency
anticonsumeristconsumerist
Focused on acquiring goods
materialist · materialistic · shopaholic · acquisitive · commercialist