Meanings
adjectiveconsumerist (comparative more consumerist, superlative most consumerist)
comparative more consumerist · superlative most consumerist
- Of or pertaining to consumerism; consumeristic.
consumerist society
1 more example
In a consumerist hypersexualized environment where bare-midriffed fifteen-year-olds are the pedophilic standard of desirability, becoming older is coded as a set of deficiencies.
2011, Margaret Morganroth Gullette, Agewise: Fighting the New Ageism in America, page 125
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
- Englishconsumer
- Englishconsumerist
From consumer + -ist.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan consumista, consumista
- consumistaof or pertaining to consumerism
- consumistaa proponent of consumerism
Italian consumista, consumista
- consumistaof or pertaining to consumerism
- consumistaa proponent of consumerism
Portuguese consumista, consumista
- consumistaof or pertaining to consumerism
- consumistaa proponent of consumerism
Spanish consumista, consumista
- consumistaof or pertaining to consumerism
- consumistaa proponent of consumerism
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Cite this entry
APA
consumerist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/consumerist
MLA
“consumerist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/consumerist. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “consumerist,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/consumerist.
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