Meanings
comparative more consumerlike · superlative most consumerlike
- Resembling or characteristic of a consumer.
With the consumer approach, evaluators produce independent, consumerlike assessments where the consumer's welfare is the ultimate value.
2008, Valerie Ruhe, Bruno D Zumbo, Evaluation in Distance Education and E-Learning: The Unfolding Model1 more example
...earnestly starts looking for an apartment, and uses her free time to spend money in typical consumerlike fashion on cheap wares for her new place.
2004, Murray Pomerance, Bad: infamy, darkness, evil, and slime on screen
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
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishconsumerlike
Cite this entry
consumerlike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/consumerlike
“consumerlike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/consumerlike. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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