conspicuous consumption

Example Sentences

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You risk breaking the finance-bro code by flashing signs of conspicuous consumption or daring to deviate from the norm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

It may be that it was a happy one, and you merely feel a little self-conscious about your relative wealth, or your siblings might make occasional comments on what they see as conspicuous consumption.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 3, 2025

Pregnancy can be privatizing, and it is fitting that it registers in conspicuous consumption.

From Slate • Jul. 21, 2025

But it has plenty to pitch concerning the joys and burdens of conspicuous consumption.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2025

But despite his aversion to money and conspicuous consumption, Chris’s political leanings could not be described as liberal.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer