non-consumptionn.
/ˌnɒnkənˈsʌm(p)ʃn/, U.S. /ˌnɑnkənˈsəm(p)ʃ(ə)n/ Refusal or failure to consume certain articles of food.In U.S. History, connected with the non-importation of goods from Great Britain in the 18th cent.; see non-importation n.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating specific substances or food > [noun] > refusal to eat certain foods
non-consumption1774
1774 J. Adams Wks. (1854) IX. 347 I believe we shall agree to non-importation, non-consumption, and non-exportation.
1775 Ann. Reg. 1774 Chron. 215/1 As a non-consumption agreement..will be an effectual security for the observation of the non-importation, we..solemnly agree..that we will not purchase or use any tea imported on account of the East-India company [etc.].
1833 W. G. Simms Bk. my Lady 333 All the fairy tribe, from the goblin of indigestion..down to the shadowy pigmy of famine and non-consumption, have departed.
1888 Science 18 May 232/2 In regard to the actual waste—non-consumption of foods purchased,—..the poor are much more economical than the well-to-do.
1929 Econ. Jrnl. 39 190 Setting labour to work in making capital (i.e. non-consumption) goods.
1961 L. E. Davis et al. Amer. Econ. Hist. iii. 54 The net..addition to a nation's capital stock..must be the result of nonconsumption of national product.
1999 Jrnl. Consumer Res. 26 86/1 Jainists believe enlightenment occurs only through extreme nonconsumption.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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