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conspicuous consumption

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conspicuous consumption
n.
The acquisition and display of expensive items to attract attention to one's wealth or to suggest that one is wealthy.
conspicuous consumption
n
spending in a lavish or ostentatious way, esp to impress others with one's wealth
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Noun1.conspicuous consumption - buying expensive services and products in order to flaunt your wealth
economic consumption, use of goods and services, usance, consumption, use - (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; "the consumption of energy has increased steadily"
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conspicuous consumption
n → Prestigekäufe pl


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CONSPICUOUS CONSUMPTION HAS BILLY MARKS JOINING the Harley club, while Zero's Jon Allie has picked up a customized race-ready go-kart with which he's been spotted making the quick trip from his house to Black Box.
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Fashions here took longer to change, and the urge to get rid of what one had, simply to accommodate more of the same, only newer, was discouraged by a culture that traditionally frowned on conspicuous consumption and waste.
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