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How to use the word Consumerism in a Sentence?

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They (akh right bros) are very anti-Western and anti-liberal, anti-modernity, anti-consumerism, materialism, is what they claim. But in reality … they are on the platforms that are the creation of all of those things. – Javad Hashmi	Found on CNN 1 year ago
After Y2K, there was a bit of a hangover, after an era of futurism, things got more regressive and hedonistic. Nihilistic, even. It was an era of McBling and McMansions and consumerism driven by the notion we would have endless prosperity. That ended with the great recession in 2008 and we were a bit left in the wind. – Froyo Tam	Found on CNN 1 year ago
what society dictates, we consume, cattle gathering around learning devices called television, mouths opening wider while addictive morsels of consumerism are violently jammed into us and we lose more bits and pieces of our collective identity daily. – Scott C. Holstad	added by scottholstad 1 year ago
I use human dignity, the common good, human solidarity, family, community ... even challenging the dominant culture of consumerism. – Sister Rose	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
My culture is NOT your goddamn prom dress, for it to simply be subject to American consumerism and cater to a white audience is parallel to colonial ideology. – Jeremy Lam	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
Our society is filled with sexual myths and misconceptions, mostly stemming from a combination of our culture's puritanical roots, as well as rampant consumerism, which feeds off individual insecurities to sell unnecessary products. – Michael Aaron	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The excessive speed of mundialization, the exacting demands of the God of consumerism and the to-and-fro swinging, from one period to another and from one domain to another, cause inner heartaches. People feel like individuals “with no sense of belonging” and characters "without qualities”. ( "The church was no longer in the middle" ) – Erik Pevernagie	added by anonymous 8 years ago
SantaCon is a cultural public commentary on the Christmas season, from a critique of consumerism to cultural and charitable giving, it's part satire and has an edge. – Norman Siegel	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Disney is a capitalistic corporation bent on consumerism, and that's what drives our economy, it brings out people's opinions about our society and culture in general. You can love them or be very critical of those aspects of our culture and society because it portrays them so well. – Manchester University sociologist Robert Pettit	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Conscious consumerism is really a phenomenal movement, i think that people now want to know that when they drink a cup of coffee, that ride along the supply chain hooks people up. – Hugh Jackman	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Ideologically, 'Pretty Woman' is a love song to consumerism and capitalism, 'Pretty Woman' depicts a world where everyone is either a card-carrying member of the corporate caste or an obliging subordinate ... It is obsessed with things (hotel suites, private jets, fancy clothes) and encourages the audience to share its obsession with things. – Bitch Flicks	Found on CNN 9 years ago

They (akh right bros) are very anti-Western and anti-liberal, anti-modernity, anti-consumerism, materialism, is what they claim. But in reality … they are on the platforms that are the creation of all of those things.

– Javad Hashmi

Found on CNN
1 year ago

After Y2K, there was a bit of a hangover, after an era of futurism, things got more regressive and hedonistic. Nihilistic, even. It was an era of McBling and McMansions and consumerism driven by the notion we would have endless prosperity. That ended with the great recession in 2008 and we were a bit left in the wind.

– Froyo Tam

Found on CNN
1 year ago

what society dictates, we consume, cattle gathering around learning devices called television, mouths opening wider while addictive morsels of consumerism are violently jammed into us and we lose more bits and pieces of our collective identity daily.

– Scott C. Holstad

added by scottholstad
1 year ago

I use human dignity, the common good, human solidarity, family, community ... even challenging the dominant culture of consumerism.

– Sister Rose

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

My culture is NOT your goddamn prom dress, for it to simply be subject to American consumerism and cater to a white audience is parallel to colonial ideology.

– Jeremy Lam

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

Our society is filled with sexual myths and misconceptions, mostly stemming from a combination of our culture's puritanical roots, as well as rampant consumerism, which feeds off individual insecurities to sell unnecessary products.

– Michael Aaron

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The excessive speed of mundialization, the exacting demands of the God of consumerism and the to-and-fro swinging, from one period to another and from one domain to another, cause inner heartaches. People feel like individuals “with no sense of belonging” and characters "without qualities”. ( "The church was no longer in the middle" )

– Erik Pevernagie

added by anonymous
8 years ago

SantaCon is a cultural public commentary on the Christmas season, from a critique of consumerism to cultural and charitable giving, it's part satire and has an edge.

– Norman Siegel

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Disney is a capitalistic corporation bent on consumerism, and that's what drives our economy, it brings out people's opinions about our society and culture in general. You can love them or be very critical of those aspects of our culture and society because it portrays them so well.

– Manchester University sociologist Robert Pettit

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Conscious consumerism is really a phenomenal movement, i think that people now want to know that when they drink a cup of coffee, that ride along the supply chain hooks people up.

– Hugh Jackman

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Ideologically, 'Pretty Woman' is a love song to consumerism and capitalism, 'Pretty Woman' depicts a world where everyone is either a card-carrying member of the corporate caste or an obliging subordinate ... It is obsessed with things (hotel suites, private jets, fancy clothes) and encourages the audience to share its obsession with things.

– Bitch Flicks

Found on CNN
9 years ago

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