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consumerism
social and economic order that encourages the purchase of goods and services in ever-greater amounts
Details
- Instance of
- ideology, lifestyle, social movement
- Inception
- 2nd millennium
- described by source
- Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3, Principles of Economics, The Waste Makers, Laudato si'
- different from
- consumerization
- facet of
- capitalism, American Dream
- has characteristic
- freedom of choice
- has effect
- waste, identity formation
- named by
- John Bugas
- opposite of
- anti-consumerism
- significant event
- Industrial Revolution
- topic's main category
- Category:Consumerism
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