- conspicuous consumption
- nounbuying expensive services and products in order to flaunt your wealth• Hypernyms: ↑consumption, ↑economic consumption, ↑usance, ↑use, ↑use of goods and services
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noun: lavish or wasteful spending regarded as establishing or enhancing social prestige* * *
public enjoyment of possessions that are known to be costly so that one's ability to pay for such things is flaunted.[used by Thorstein Veblen in The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899)]* * *
conspicuous consumption nounExtravagant, ostentatious spending on luxury goods in order to impress other people• • •Main Entry: ↑conspicuous* * *
conspicuous consumption UK US noun [uncountable]the practice of buying expensive things to show people how rich you areThesaurus: activity of shoppinghyponym* * *
conspicuous consumption,Economics. the ostentatious purchase or display of luxuries to enhance one's status in society.* * *
noun [noncount]: the act or practice of spending money on expensive things that are not necessary in order to impress other peoplea culture of conspicuous consumption
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the buying of expensive goods in order to impress people and show them how rich you are
Useful english dictionary. 2012.