consumerist

[kuhn-soo-mer-ist]

noun

1. Also called consumer advocate. a person who is dedicated to protecting and promoting the welfare and rights of consumers.

adjective

1. of or relating to consumer interests or consumerism.

Word History and Origins

Origin of consumerist¹

First recorded in 1965–70; consumer + -ist

Example Sentences

Cringey corporate memes and a swath of orange-hued profile pictures followed, with Adweek publishing a guide to the consumerist chaos.

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It is an ugly consumerist machine, exactly the kind of experience that huge numbers of travelers should want to ditch when the price goes up.

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Our cushy consumerist lifestyles could certainly afford to be scaled back, but taking women out of the workforce en masse would crush our GDP, and lead to a huge loss of talent and potential.

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At some point, the massive power imbalance baked into the entire Western liberal-democratic polity, which drives so many people who feel voiceless and disenfranchised into consumerist apathy, fascist fantasy or both, will require radical readjustment.

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In our consumerist society, “more” is often conflated with better.

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