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Definition of Conspicuous consumption
1. Noun. Buying expensive services and products in order to flaunt your wealth.
Definition of Conspicuous consumption
1. Noun. A public display of acquisition of possessions with the intention of gaining social prestige; excessive consumerism in order to flaunt one's purchasing power. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Conspicuous Consumption
Literary usage of Conspicuous consumption
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Imperial Germany and the Industrial Revolution by Thorstein Veblen (1915)
"itself bearing on this matter of conspicuous consumption, so contrived as to "take
up the slack." This system of conspicuous waste is a scheme of ..."
2. A History of Social Thought by Emory Stephen Bogardus (1922)
"The Canon of conspicuous consumption is a term which describes a method of showing
off one's wealth by an elaborate consumption of goods.65 Conspicuous ..."
3. The Household Budget, with a Special Inquiry Into the Amount and Value of by John Bacon Leeds (1917)
"conspicuous consumption refers to the wearing of clothing, not for health and
comfort, but to show the high earning power of the wearer or of her husband. ..."
4. Respectability, Its Rise and Remedy by Elbert Hubbard (1905)
"They advertise themselves and the dignity of their office in two ways—by a
Conspicuous Leisure and by a conspicuous consumption. ..."
5. Our Benevolent Feudalism by William James Ghent (1902)
"As Mr. Thorstein Veblen, in his keen satire, "The Theory of the Leisure Class,"
puts it: — " conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of ..."
6. The Rise of Business Corporations in India, 1851-1900 by Shyam Rungta (1970)
"On the other hand, they indulged in conspicuous consumption on a huge scale.
conspicuous consumption was a feature of the Indian society as a whole. ..."
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