overconsumption
Using too much
Overconsumption is consuming more than is necessary, healthy, or sustainable.
The term appears in discussions of resource depletion and environmental damage: Overconsumption of fossil fuels drives climate change.
It also describes excessive personal intake: Overconsumption of alcohol leads to liver damage.
The word implies crossing a threshold where consumption becomes harmful rather than beneficial.
Excessive consumption or enjoyment
- bingeBout of excess
- splurgeSpend freely, impulsively
- indulgenceYielding to desire
- surfeitExcessive quantity, often cloying
gluttony · gorging · overeating · overdrinking · immoderation · intemperance · voracity · insatiability
Excessive accumulation of goods
- acquisitivenessDesire to gather wealth
- overspendingExceeding one's budget
- impulse buyingUnplanned purchase decision
- fast fashionTrend-driven cheap apparel
retail therapy · planned obsolescence · disposability · throwaway culture · hyperconsumption · affluenza · keeping up with the Joneses · shopaholic
Unwanted discarded material
- pollutionEnvironmental harm from waste
- landfillWaste burial ground
- carbon footprintTotal greenhouse gases produced
- ecological footprintMeasure of resource demand
plastic waste · e-waste · food waste · greenhouse gases · unsustainability · biodiversity loss · climate impact · toxins
Excessive desire for riches
- rapacityAggressive, seizing greed
- graspingGreedy for wealth
- selfishnessExcessive concern for oneself
- exploitationSelfish use of others
resource depletion · stockpiling · monopolizing · land grabbing · overfishing · overgrazing · deforestation · strip mining
overindulgence
Excessive consumption or enjoyment
- bingeBout of excess
- splurgeSpend freely, impulsively
- indulgenceYielding to desire
surfeit · gluttony · gorging · overeating · overdrinking · immoderation · intemperance · voracity · insatiability · stuffing
hoarding
Excessive accumulation of goods
- acquisitivenessDesire to gather wealth
- overspendingExceeding one's budget
- impulse buyingUnplanned purchase decision
fast fashion · retail therapy · planned obsolescence · disposability · throwaway culture · hyperconsumption · affluenza · keeping up with the Joneses · shopaholic · credit debt
waste
Unwanted discarded material
- pollutionEnvironmental harm from waste
- landfillWaste burial ground
- carbon footprintTotal greenhouse gases produced
ecological footprint · plastic waste · e-waste · food waste · greenhouse gases · unsustainability · biodiversity loss · climate impact · toxins · contamination
avarice
Excessive desire for riches
- rapacityAggressive, seizing greed
- graspingGreedy for wealth
- selfishnessExcessive concern for oneself
exploitation · resource depletion · stockpiling · monopolizing · land grabbing · overfishing · overgrazing · deforestation · strip mining · factory farming
- consumerismconsumers, shopping, buying, purchases, purchase
- consumptioneating, drinking, ingestion, ingesting, swallowing
- excessexcess, too much, excessive, excessiveness, overabundance
- greedgreed, avarice, covetousness, cupidity, materialism
- indulgenceindulgence, indulge, indulgent, self-indulgent, overindulgence
- overdoingoverdoing, overindulging, overkill, excess, overreacting
overconsumptionunderconsumption
Inadequate consumer demand
moderation · temperance · frugality · restraint · abstinence
overconsumptionminimalism
Aesthetic of reduction
asceticism · simple living · anti-consumerism · sustainability · sufficiency
overconsumptionsaving
Reserving for future use
undersaving · hoarding · accumulation · thriftiness · belt-tightening
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