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consumerism

social and economic order that encourages the purchase of goods and services in ever-greater amounts
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consumerism

Summary

consumerism is an ideology[1]. consumerism ranks in the top 10% of ideology entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,407 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • consumerism's instance of is recorded as ideology[3].
  • consumerism's instance of is recorded as lifestyle[4].
  • consumerism's instance of is recorded as social movement[5].
  • consumerism's Commons category is recorded as Consumerism[6].
  • consumerism is the opposite of anti-consumerism[7].
  • 2000 marks the founding of consumerism[8].
  • consumerism's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Consumerism[9].
  • consumerism's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[10].
  • consumerism's has effect is recorded as waste[11].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include ideology[3], lifestyle[4], and social movement[5]. consumerism is the opposite of anti-consumerism[7].

Origins

2000 marks the founding of consumerism[8].

Why It Matters

consumerism ranks in the top 10% of ideology entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,407 views/month).[2] consumerism has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] consumerism is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

American Psycho Christine National Consumer Research Centre

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Ottawajin · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has effect → waste
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