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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
conspicuous consumption
–noun
public enjoyment of possessions that are known to be costly so that one's ability to pay for such things is flaunted.
[Origin: used by Thorstein Veblen in The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899)]
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
conspicuous consumption  
n.   The acquisition and display of expensive items to attract attention to one's wealth or to suggest that one is wealthy.

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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conspicuous consumption

noun
buying expensive services and products in order to flaunt your wealth 

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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
conspicuous consumption

Buying unnecessary and expensive products and services as a way to show off wealth. The term was coined by U.S. economist Thorstein Veblen in The Theory of the Leisure Class.


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