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What does consumerism mean?

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Noun
  1. A policy of protecting and informing consumers through honesty in advertising and packaging, improved safety standards etc
  2. A materialistic attachment to possessions.
  3. An economic theory that increased consumption is beneficial to a nation's economy in the long run.
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Indeed, contemporary Jeremiahs were only too quick to seize on the corrupting consequences of consumerism.
But consumerism is a world language and, allied with representative democracy, it is the way of the world.
Although they had no satiric intent they were designed as a commentary on the emptiness of lives dominated by consumerism.
A critique of consumerism runs through many of the works, including those by Kristof Kintera and Alena Kotzmannova.
Both symbolized values that were the antithesis of Soviet Marxism and Americanized consumerism.
The racism and bigotry of 'Alfs', they thought, were a product of suburban consumerism and conformity.

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