consumerists
Devotees of purchasing
People who embrace or advocate consumerism—the cultural emphasis on acquiring goods and services.
The term usually carries critical overtones, suggesting people defined by shopping and material acquisition: The mall was packed with consumerists hunting Black Friday deals.
Less commonly, it describes economists or theorists who study consumer behavior.
Prioritizing goods over spirit
- capitalismPrivate profit-based economy
- acquisitivenessDesire to gather wealth
- commodificationTransforming into sellable goods
- affluenzaMaterialism's emotional cost
hyperconsumption · disposability · planned obsolescence · advertising · commercialism · status-seeking · keeping up with the Joneses · lifestyle inflation
People purchasing goods
- buyersThose who obtain goods
- spendersThose who use money
- collectorsThose who systematically acquire
- hoardersExcessive keepers of things
early adopters · bargain hunters · impulse buyers · window shoppers · subscribers · upgraders · reviewers · comparison shoppers
People working for causes
- anti-capitalistsOpponents of free markets
- minimalistsAdvocates of deliberate simplicity
- criticsThose who evaluate work
- environmentalistsAdvocates for nature preservation
degrowth · boycotters · slow movement · secondhand · fair trade · frugality · reducers · reusers
materialism
Prioritizing goods over spirit
- capitalismPrivate profit-based economy
- acquisitivenessDesire to gather wealth
- commodificationTransforming into sellable goods
affluenza · hyperconsumption · disposability · planned obsolescence · advertising · commercialism · status-seeking · keeping up with the Joneses · lifestyle inflation · retail therapy
shoppers
People purchasing goods
- buyersThose who obtain goods
- spendersThose who use money
- collectorsThose who systematically acquire
hoarders · early adopters · bargain hunters · impulse buyers · window shoppers · subscribers · upgraders · reviewers · comparison shoppers · unboxing
activists
People working for causes
- anti-capitalistsOpponents of free markets
- minimalistsAdvocates of deliberate simplicity
- criticsThose who evaluate work
environmentalists · degrowth · boycotters · slow movement · secondhand · fair trade · frugality · reducers · reusers · zero waste
consumeristsminimalists
Advocates of deliberate simplicity
ascetics · declutterers · essentialists · renunciants · monks
consumeristsanti-capitalists
Opponents of free markets
freegans · downshifters · environmentalists · communalists · primitivists
consumeristsproducers
Those who create goods
makers · homesteaders · DIYers · craftspeople · creators
- ethical consumerismMorally motivated purchasing choices