consumerism
Example Sentences
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But mobilizing patriotic consumerism also carries risks that official sanctions don’t.
The installation, first created in 1967, is meant to convey the juxtaposition between eternal beauty, represented by the goddess Venus, and modern society's social degradation and consumerism.
From Reuters
“Like the biblical prophets, you confront things that at times are uncomfortable; you criticize today’s false myths and new idols, its empty talk, the ploys of consumerism, the schemes of power.”
From Seattle Times
“The point of tipping is for exemplary service rather than subsiding the worker through consumerism,” he said.
From New York Times
The sports apparel industry is a multibillion-dollar industry that lacks Black ownership, but it has profited heavily off of Black talent, Black culture and Black consumerism.
From Los Angeles Times
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