Meanings
- uncountableThe state of being a consoomer (someone who displays extreme consumerism, especially slavish consumption of pop culture).
What stage of consoomerism is it to have a big Nike logo on your wall
2026 July 19, @josemougabe, X (post), archived from the original on 20 Jul 20263 more examples
G*mers when theyre told consoomerism and rich people are bad (they legitimately believe there is nothing wrong with either of these things)
2023 March 22, WritingRites, “G*mers will have to boycott Arkane now”, in r/Gamingcirclejerk (Reddit post), archived from the original on 20 Jul 2026if women could just stop consooming for a bit good god, yes i consider putting make up and plastic surgery on yourself another kind of consoomerism... isn't being solely responsible for fast fashion SHEIN filling the Atacama desert with trash enough???? btw look at how fast the discourse against fast fashion disappeared from the zeitgeist once people started to notice it was because of women
2024 January 14, HorseSuspicious5448, “The way feminists rush to defend makeup when it's a major source of insecurity for many women is weird”, in r/redscarepod (Reddit post), archived from the original on 20 Jul 2026One of the most ironic things about 50s ad illustration posting is that its promoters hate "consoomerism" but midcentury America was far more uncritically pro-consumerist than today.
2025 November 26, @avrilbradley23, X (post), archived from the original on 20 Jul 2026
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Proto-Indo-European*upó
- Proto-Italic*supo
- Latinsub
- Latinsub-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁em-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁émeti
- Proto-Italic*emō
- Latinemō
- Latinsūmō
- Latincōnsūmō
- Old Frenchconsumer
- Middle Englishconsumen
- Englishconsume
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷem-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷémt
- Proto-Germanic*kwemaną
- Proto-West Germanic*kweman
- Old Englishcuman
- Middle Englishcomen
- Englishcome
- Englishcum
- Englishcoom
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰā-
- Proto-Germanic*bō-redup.
- Proto-Germanic*babô
- Proto-West Germanic*babō
- Old English*baba
- Middle Englishbabe
- Middle Englishbaby
- Englishbaby
- Englishboom
- Englishboomer
- Englishbaby
- Englishboom
- Englishbaby boom
- Englishbaby boomerellip.
- Englishboomerbf.
- Englishcoomer
- Englishconsume
- Englishconsoomer
- Englishconsoomerism
From consoomer + -ism.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
consoomerism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/consoomerism
“consoomerism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/consoomerism. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “consoomerism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/consoomerism.
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