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单词 consumerist
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consumeristn.adj.

Brit. /kənˈsjuːmərɪst/, U.S. /kənˈs(j)umərəst/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: consumer n., -ist suffix.
Etymology: < consumer n. + -ist suffix, after consumerism n.
Originally U.S.
A. n.
1. An advocate of the rights and interests of consumers.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > buying > [noun] > consumer protection or advocacy > advocate of
consumerist1944
Naderite1969
1944 H. W. Laidler Social-econ. Movements vii. xlii. 713 This does not mean that they agree with such consumerists as Dr. James P. Warbasse..that voluntary co-operation will completely supplant both private ownership and state and municipal ownership.
1964 B. Sternsher Rexford Tugwell xiii. 160 Consumerists had great hopes for the NRA, and technically they were to participate on an equal basis with industry and labor in codemaking.
1972 Times 20 June 19/5 Ralph Nader and his consumerists appear to have scored a minor victory.
1992 M. Silverman et al. Bad Med. iii. 54 Medawar..was probably the most respected and certainly the most articulate consumerist in Europe.
2. A person preoccupied with the acquisition of consumer goods. Frequently depreciative.
ΚΠ
1967 J. Fletcher Moral Responsibility xii. 209 Macy's, which is probably as near a cathedral as anything in the eyes of our devout consumerists.
1988 Australian 24 Oct. 4/5 The ‘consumerists’—people who were interested in nothing but money and the status money could give.
1998 S. Reynolds Generation Ecstasy (1999) ii. 47 DJs are chronic consumerists and collectors.
2006 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 18 Aug. 9 The mother is a rampant consumerist, who buys 40 Beanie Babies on a visit to an Ikea-like store.
B. adj.
1. Characterized by or preoccupied with the acquisition of consumer goods.
ΚΠ
1957 Washington Post 18 Jan. a14/4 Americans take pride in what we have. We think our Consumerist Society offers the most for the most.
1965 Ames (Iowa) Daily Tribune 24 Apr. 2/1 (heading) Consumerist Russia?
1977 New Yorker 16 May 92/1 This new condition of life—‘consumerist’, materialistic, possessions-orientated, in important respects cut off from the custom and discipline of the past.
1987 J. F. MacDonald Who shot Sheriff? ii. 40 Davy's name or familiar representation in fringed leather clothing and coonskin cap triggered a consumerist binge.
2004 Independent 4 Nov. (Review section) 15/5 The rampantly consumerist notion of trick or treating.
2. Of, relating to, or characterized by advocacy of the rights and interests of consumers.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > buying > [adjective] > relating to consumerism
consumeristic1960
consumerist1967
Naderite1970
1967 Newport (Rhode Island) Daily News 21 Mar. 8/2 A stepped-up ‘consumerist movement’ complete with boycotts, picket lines and demonstrations.
1977 N.Y. Times 12 June 26 Despite recent consumerist attacks on the sugar content of some cereals, their popularity seems to keep growing.
1981 Business Hist. Rev. 55 55 A consumerist program of advertising regulation.
2004 A. Nicholls & C. Opal Fair Trade iii. 56 Today, Fair Trade is both an activist and a consumerist movement.

Derivatives

consumeˈristic adj. = sense B. 1.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > buying > [adjective] > relating to consumerism
consumeristic1960
consumerist1967
Naderite1970
1960 G. Katona Powerful Consumer iv. xiv. 244 George Romney..said in a recent speech [in 1958]..that the ‘concept of a capitalistic society has been replaced by the concept of a consumeristic society’.
1981 Guardian Weekly 13 Dec. 2/4 Malcontents were largely lured by the consumeristic promises of Voice of America.
1994 D. Schoemperlen In Lang. of Love xx. 98 Loving that chair was undoubtedly shallow and conspicuously consumeristic.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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