anticonsumer

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adjective

Opposing the consumer.

OriginEnglish consumer ← Middle English consumen ← Old French consumer →
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Meanings

adjectiveanticonsumer (comparative more anticonsumer, superlative most anticonsumer)

comparative more anticonsumer · superlative most anticonsumer

  1. Opposing the consumer.

    ...the Commission was aware of the anticonsumer effects of market segmentation...

    2000, Roland Francis Stephen, Vehicle of influence: building a European car market
nounanticonsumer (plural anticonsumers)

plural anticonsumers

  1. A person of anticonsumerist beliefs.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
  5. Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
  6. Englishanti-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  9. Proto-Italic*kom
  10. Proto-Italic*kom-
  11. Latincon-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  13. Proto-Italic*supo
  14. Latinsub
  15. Latinsub-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₁em-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₁émeti
  18. Proto-Italic*emō
  19. Latinemō
  20. Latinsūmō
  21. Latincōnsūmō
  22. Old Frenchconsumer
  23. Middle Englishconsumen
  24. Englishconsume
  25. Englishconsumer
  26. Englishanticonsumer

From anti- + consumer.

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Cite this entry
APA

anticonsumer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticonsumer

MLA

“anticonsumer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticonsumer. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anticonsumer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticonsumer.

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