How to Use consumerism in a Sentence

consumerism

noun
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  • His lawyers stressed that the work is a metaphor for consumerism.
    — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Feb. 2023
  • The stunt, meant as a critique of empty consumerism, only added to the hype.
    — Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Sober bars are popping up all over the country in the face of health-conscious consumerism.
    — Grace Connatser, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2019
  • Such as: Can consumerism be a form of social mind control?
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2023
  • Sometimes, socialists present it as proof of the evils of consumerism.
    — Nic Rowan, National Review, 29 May 2021
  • Others were less willing to forgo the fruits of 1960s consumerism.
    — Richard Norton Smith, WSJ, 26 July 2018
  • To help you, follow these four rules for no-regrets consumerism.
    — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Some of the leading ’68ers took him as a model of aloofness from the corrupting tide of consumerism.
    — Thomas Meaney, Harper's Magazine, 16 Feb. 2023
  • There was, no doubt, a critique of American consumerism somewhere in them, but that wasn’t the thrust of what they were meant to do.
    — Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2021
  • This is at odds with the contemporary style of consumerism.
    — Rachel Tashjian, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The post angered social media users in Korea, who blamed the trend on the fear of missing out on consumerism.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 30 June 2023
  • This was the very secret to consumerism working in a savvy, self-conscious culture.
    — Dana Spiotta, Vogue, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Prime Day draws you in, not just to Amazon Prime membership but to a whole world of seamless consumerism.
    — Russell Brandom, The Verge, 14 July 2019
  • Odell suggests a slowing down that has nothing to do with consumerism.
    — Hazlitt, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Not the mass consumerism, or the festivities, or the lights, or the presents, but theology.
    — David Harsanyi, National Review, 2 Dec. 2021
  • If any of the hand-wringers really wanted to sever Christmas from consumerism, now would be the time.
    — Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 23 Nov. 2020
  • As in the novel, love and death, consumerism and chemicals, a sense of home and a sense of horror are woven throughout.
    — Josh Zajdman, Town & Country, 30 Dec. 2022
  • A lot of your recent work is sort of dystopian, with a heavy dose of political satire and satire of consumerism.
    — Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2022
  • The rise of fast fashion (fueled by the rise of consumerism) has given way to massive amounts of pollution and waste.
    — refinery29.com, 31 Mar. 2020
  • The rise of fast fashion (fuelled by the rise of consumerism) has given way to massive amounts of pollution and waste.
    — refinery29.com, 19 Oct. 2021
  • But the Princess Closet is not just a narcissistic ode to consumerism.
    — Rory Satran, WSJ, 3 Oct. 2020
  • Cohen skewered consumerism with a story inspired by the rise of junk food.
    — Jake Coyle, The Seattle Times, 25 Mar. 2019
  • Your image for the cover is a gentle critique of consumerism.
    — Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 6 June 2022
  • Because London is a second home to so many rich people from abroad, the city has long been a bastion of gaudy consumerism.
    — Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
  • There’s nothing like consumerism to get people fired up about saving the planet.
    — Heather Hansman, Outside Online, 6 Jan. 2022
  • The world’s poor are now subject to the worst of climate change, brought about by rapacious development and consumerism by the rich.
    — Cassie Werber, Quartz, 25 Nov. 2022
  • As the workhouse of the world, China has borne the brunt of environmental costs that accompanied the rise of consumerism in the West and, now, at home.
    — Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2019
  • The idea of consumerism being tied to our emotions is as American as apple pie.
    — Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2021
  • Rampant consumerism is on the decline The pandemic had a big impact on values and ideals.
    — Quartz Creative For Ey-Parthenon, Quartz, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Amidst self-doubt and dismal consumerism, Crack Cloud’s third album, Red Mile, soldiers on in hopeful nihilism, insisting to lean into creativity when the process seems futile.
    — Margaret Farrell, SPIN, 26 July 2024

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