Used in a Sentence

anti-consumerism

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for anti-consumerism.

Editorial note

What the author is after isn't American products, just anti-consumerism, which can be impossible to predict mind you.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

a sociopolitical ideology.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of anti-consumerism gathered in one view.

N

a sociopolitical ideology.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for anti-consumerism.

N

a sociopolitical ideology.

Example sentences

1

What the author is after isn't American products, just anti-consumerism, which can be impossible to predict mind you.

2

At this point it's leaving the confines of anti-consumerism and entering into a gray area of basic human rights abuse.

3

I wouldn't describe them as anti-consumerism, because they sell stuff.

4

They then used those classifications to market to people who were explicitly anti-consumerism.

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Shortly afterwards the parents folded and became less strict with their anti-consumerism stance.

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Tyler Durden didn't say sell all your stuff and then go buy new stuff so you can finally start to be anti-consumerism and minimalistic.

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Most supposedly anti-consumerism arguments I hear imply we should devote more attention to our purchases.

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What I do think is powerful is cultivating anti-consumerism or selective consumption behavior and belief.

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Yet anti-consumerism is clearly helping to build the Patagonia brand.

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I'm probably just giving in to my terroristic anti-consumerism pinko tendencies, but...

11

The only thing I've come up with is that hipsters generally are people who actually are trying to live by their liberal ideals of anti-consumerism.

12

Perhaps it's a hippy anti-consumerism thing I just don't understand?

Quote examples

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It's less about "poverty tourism" than it is just the classic social signaling game, made more complex by anti-consumerism.

2

However, because Spanish-speakers understand the importance of world integration, "bullying" is also used, though you get purists and word-rebels in some regions who, incidentally, are also anti-American, anti-consumerism and sceptical of the English-speaking world in general.

Proper noun examples

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Anti-consumerism and growth for this company don't have to be mutually exclusive (though there is natural tension between them).

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use anti-consumerism in a sentence?

What the author is after isn't American products, just anti-consumerism, which can be impossible to predict mind you.

What does anti-consumerism mean?

a sociopolitical ideology.

What part of speech is anti-consumerism?

anti-consumerism is commonly used as N.