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Noun Concept

Categories: Thorstein Veblen, Consumption, Anti-corporate activism, Institutional economics, Consumerism

conspicuous consumption competitive consumption Conspicuous non-consumption Conspicuous nonconsumption Conspicuous waste

Buying expensive services and products in order to flaunt your wealth WordNet 3.0

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Buying expensive services and products in order to flaunt your wealth WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

In sociology and in economics, the term conspicuous consumption describes and explains the consumer practice of buying and using goods of a higher quality, price, or in greater quantity than practical. Wikipedia

Concept in sociology and economy Wikidata

A public display of acquisition of possessions with the intention of gaining social prestige; excessive consumerism in order to flaunt one's purchasing power. Wiktionary

Public display of acquisition of possessions. Wiktionary (translation)

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Veblen

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microeconomics

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