| 释义 |
consumerism orig. U.S.|kənˈsjuːmərɪz(ə)m|
[f. consumer + -ism.]
1. Protection of the consumer's interests.
1944New Republic 4 Sept. 276/1 Some of the oldest and most successful consumer enterprises grew independently of the rural impulse that in recent years has been most active in spreading the idea of consumerism. 1969Times 4 Sept., Academic economists have muttered darkly about ‘consumerism’—meaning an exaggerated respect for the real or supposed requirements of the consumer. 1970Sunday Times 24 May 50/1 Consumerism is the outgrowth of the consumer-protection movement of the 1960s.
2. Name given to a doctrine advocating a continual increase in the consumption of goods as a basis for a sound economy.
1960V. Packard Waste Makers (1961) iii. 23 A leading apostle of ‘consumerism’..pointed out that every recent United States recession had been caused by..a failure to see that consumption kept pace with production. 1962E. Godfrey Retail Selling & Organ. xxi. 213 Consumerism has become the guiding force of our economy. 1963New Scientist 27 June 713 The western economic system..is turning into what has been called ‘consumerism’. |