单词	consumerism
释义	consumerismcon‧sum‧er‧ism /kənˈsjuːmərɪzəm $ -ˈsuː-/ noun [uncountable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But the growth in consumer debt should not be simply seen and condemned as a complete descent into mindless consumerism. Fans of the novel claim that its stomach-turning violence is a brilliant metaphor for the 1980s culture of consumerism and self-gratification. Green consumerism is a hopeful token of more substantial change. Here protection was being offered to the husband, but also to the wife against her apparently uncontrollable consumerism. Here, we showcase our consumerism. The culture-ideology of consumerism in the Third World will be the subject of Chapter 5. The Eastern Bloc has been transformed into a gigantic Enterprise Zone for western capitalists eager to reap the benefits of suppressed consumerism. The extreme western edge of the square has the now compulsory big city billboards extolling the virtues of consumerism. word sets WORD SETS► Policies agitprop, nounapartheid, nounclass struggle, nouncollectivism, nouncolonialist, nouncommunism, nounconsciousness raising, nounconsumerism, noundemocrat, noundemocratic, adjectivedemocratize, verbdenationalize, verbdesegregate, verbdoctrine, noundogma, noundove, noundovish, adjectivedrive, nounfiat, nounhawk, nouninternationalism, noun-ism, suffixism, nounland reform, nounMachiavellian, adjectivemanifesto, nounMarxism, nounmeritocracy, nounnihilism, nounnon-aggression, nounnon-intervention, nounnon-partisan, adjectivenon-violence, nounopen-door policy, nounpacifism, nounpacifist, nounparty line, nounpassive resistance, nounperestroika, nounpolitical action committee, nounprivate member's bill, nounprogramme, nounradical, adjectivereaction, nounreformist, adjectiverevisionism, nounsocial democracy, nounsocial engineering, nounsocialism, nounsocialist, adjectivesocialist, nounsubsidiarity, nounwomen's lib, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► green · Green Believers must quicken these connections. Green consumerism is a hopeful token of more substantial change.· The question is whether, having raised the issue, green consumerism then legitimises a half-baked response.· It remains to be seen how quickly green consumerism, that most middle class of activities, can sort this out.· Here, perhaps, green consumerism can try to get us to eat tuna that has been caught in a wildlife-friendly way!· From this hollowness green consumerism springs.· They have prayed for new ways to effect transformation and green consumerism has been revealed to them.· And green consumerism is a step in the right direction. 1the belief that it is good to buy and use a lot of goods and services – often used to show disapproval:  the growth of consumerism2actions to protect people from unfair prices, advertising that is not true etc—consumerist adjective
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