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conspicuous consumption
noun
: lavish or wasteful spending thought to enhance social prestige
Example Sentences
a culture of conspicuous consumption
Recent Examples on the Web As Bill Maher noted, Greta Thunberg, the climate icon, has 10 million Instagram followers while Kylie Jenner, the conspicuous consumption icon, has 279 million followers! 
Nives Dolsak And Aseem Prakash, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2022 Like a seven-figure Bored Ape, these body-on-frame behemoths embody a certain brand of conspicuous consumption. Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 15 June 2022 Instead, Abramovich became a master of conspicuous consumption, raising the bar for the other oligarchs. Simon Usborne, Town & Country, 15 June 2022 The money itself doesn’t matter as much as the conspicuous consumption: the ability to buy huge houses, expensive watches, sports cars, exotic vacations. Jean-paul Gravel, Forbes, 1 June 2022 But don’t be mistaken: This is conspicuous consumption as coping mechanism. Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2022 Since 2020, aversion has grown in particular toward the ideology that links exorbitant wealth and conspicuous consumption to social progress for African Americans. Tanisha C. Ford, The Atlantic, 19 Apr. 2022 Yet more of anything is not necessarily good, especially not at a moment when unchecked production and conspicuous consumption spell planetary demise. New York Times, 25 Mar. 2022 Bourouissa’s understanding of fashion as a form of conspicuous consumption and a means of claiming identity is apparent here, and would shape his approach to his later work. The New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2022 See More
Nives Dolsak And Aseem Prakash, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2022 Like a seven-figure Bored Ape, these body-on-frame behemoths embody a certain brand of conspicuous consumption. Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 15 June 2022 Instead, Abramovich became a master of conspicuous consumption, raising the bar for the other oligarchs. Simon Usborne, Town & Country, 15 June 2022 The money itself doesn’t matter as much as the conspicuous consumption: the ability to buy huge houses, expensive watches, sports cars, exotic vacations. Jean-paul Gravel, Forbes, 1 June 2022 But don’t be mistaken: This is conspicuous consumption as coping mechanism. Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2022 Since 2020, aversion has grown in particular toward the ideology that links exorbitant wealth and conspicuous consumption to social progress for African Americans. Tanisha C. Ford, The Atlantic, 19 Apr. 2022 Yet more of anything is not necessarily good, especially not at a moment when unchecked production and conspicuous consumption spell planetary demise. New York Times, 25 Mar. 2022 Bourouissa’s understanding of fashion as a form of conspicuous consumption and a means of claiming identity is apparent here, and would shape his approach to his later work. The New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1899, in the meaning defined above
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