Consumption vs. Consumerism
Difference Between Consumption and Consumerism
Consumptionnoun
The act of eating, drinking or using.
The consumption of snails as food is more common in France than in England.Consumerismnoun
A policy of protecting and informing consumers through honesty in advertising and packaging, improved safety standards etc
Consumptionnoun
The amount consumed.
gross national consumptionConsumerismnoun
A materialistic attachment to possessions.
Consumptionnoun
The act of consuming or destroying.
The fire's consumption of the forest caused ecological changes.Consumerismnoun
An economic theory that increased consumption is beneficial to a nation's economy in the long run.
Consumptionnoun
(pathology) The wasting away of the human body through disease.
Consumerismnoun
the theory that an increasing consumption of goods is economically beneficial
Consumptionnoun
Pulmonary tuberculosis and other diseases that cause wasting away, lung infection, etc.
Consumerismnoun
a movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers
Consumptionnoun
the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
Consumptionnoun
involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
Consumptionnoun
(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing;
the consumption of energy has increased steadilyConsumptionnoun
the act of consuming something
