consumerist
Obsessed with purchasing
Consumerist describes attitudes, behaviors, or systems that emphasize acquiring goods and services as central to personal satisfaction or economic health.
As a noun, a consumerist is someone who prioritizes consumption or who advocates for consumer rights and protections.
The term often carries critical undertones when applied to societies or individuals seen as excessively materialistic: The holiday season has become overwhelmingly consumerist.
Consumer advocates and consumerists pushed for stronger product safety laws.
Things one owns
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- accumulationCollected mass over time
- excessSurplus beyond need
- indulgenceYielding to desire
ownership · spending · commodities · products · disposable · throwaway · upgrades · hoarding
Private profit-based economy
- free-marketUnregulated private exchange
- commercialismProfit-driven value system
- globalizationWorldwide economic and cultural integration
- tradeExchange of commodities
corporation · privatization · deregulation · commodification · monetization · mass-production · outsourcing · advertising
Expensive nonessential comfort
- designerOne who plans appearances
- trendyCurrently in vogue
- fashionableCurrently in style
- mainstreamDominant cultural current
advertising · influencer · Amazon · shopaholic · hype · unboxing
Pro-market, anti-regulation ideology
- individualismDoctrine of personal independence
- hedonismPursuit of gratification
- self-interestConcern for personal advantage
- choiceAct of selecting
freedom · libertarianism · utilitarianism · prosperity · aspiration · meritocracy · status-seeking · Baudrillard
Capacity to endure indefinitely
- minimalismAesthetic of reduction
- degrowthIntentional economic contraction movement
- greenwashingFalse sustainability claims
- fast-fashionCheap, trend-driven apparel industry
sweatshop · exploitation · waste · landfill · boycott · inequality
possessions
Things one owns
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- accumulationCollected mass over time
- excessSurplus beyond need
indulgence · ownership · spending · commodities · products · disposable · throwaway · upgrades · hoarding · clutter
capitalism
Private profit-based economy
- free-marketUnregulated private exchange
- commercialismProfit-driven value system
- globalizationWorldwide economic and cultural integration
trade · corporation · privatization · deregulation · commodification · monetization · mass-production · outsourcing · advertising · marketing
luxury
Expensive nonessential comfort
- designerOne who plans appearances
- trendyCurrently in vogue
- fashionableCurrently in style
mainstream · advertising · influencer · Amazon · shopaholic · hype · unboxing
neoliberalism
Pro-market, anti-regulation ideology
- individualismDoctrine of personal independence
- hedonismPursuit of gratification
- self-interestConcern for personal advantage
choice · freedom · libertarianism · utilitarianism · prosperity · aspiration · meritocracy · status-seeking · Baudrillard · alienation
sustainability
Capacity to endure indefinitely
- minimalismAesthetic of reduction
- degrowthIntentional economic contraction movement
- greenwashingFalse sustainability claims
fast-fashion · sweatshop · exploitation · waste · landfill · boycott · inequality
- consumerismconsumers, shopping, buying, purchases, purchase
- indulgenceindulgence, indulge, indulgent, self-indulgent, overindulgence
consumeristminimalist
One favoring bare essentials
ascetic · frugal · anti-consumerist · anticonsumerist · spartan
consumeristsocialist
Proponent of collective ownership
localist · degrowth · anti-capitalist · anticapitalist · anticonsumerist
consumeristsustainable
Able to endure long-term
eco-conscious · environmentalist · spiritual · experiential · back-to-the-land
- ethical consumerismMorally motivated purchasing choices