Meanings
nounoverconsumption (usually uncountable, plural overconsumptions)
plural overconsumptions
- uncountableusuallyExcessive consumption.
It seemed a call to end an age of overconsumption […]
2009 January 21, David E. Sanger, “Rejecting Bush Era, Reclaiming Values”, in New York Times
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Germanic*uber
- Old Englishofer-
- Middle Englishover-
- Englishover-
- 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
- Latincōnsūmptiō
- Old Frenchconsumpcion
- Middle Englishconsumpcioun
- Englishconsumption
- Englishoverconsumption
From over- + consumption.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch overconsumptie
- overconsumptieTranslations
Finnish liikakulutus
- liikakulutusTranslations
French surconsommation
- surconsommationTranslations
Greek υπερκατανάλωση
- υπερκατανάλωση (yperkatanálosi)Translations
Italian consumo eccessivo, sovraconsumo
- consumo eccessivoTranslations
- sovraconsumoTranslations
Polish nadkonsumpcja
- nadkonsumpcjaTranslations
Russian чрезме́рное потребле́ние, сверхпотребле́ние
- чрезме́рное потребле́ние (črezmérnoje potreblénije)Translations
- сверхпотребле́ние (sverxpotreblénije)Translations
Ukrainian надспожива́ння
- надспожива́ння (nadspožyvánnja)Translations
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with overconsumption
consumptionassumptionpresumptionresumptionsumptionsubsumptiongumptionabsumptionanticonsumptionautoconsumptioncoconsumptioncyberconsumptionhyperconsumptionmetaconsumptionmisassumptionnonassumptionnonconsumptionnonresumptionphotoconsumptionpreassumptionprosumptionreassumptionreconsumptionrumgumption
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
overconsumption. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overconsumption
MLA
“overconsumption.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overconsumption. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overconsumption,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overconsumption.
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