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61conspicuous consumption — noun Date: 1899 lavish or wasteful spending thought to enhance social prestige …
62conspicuous consumption — public enjoyment of possessions that are known to be costly so that one s ability to pay for such things is flaunted. [used by Thorstein Veblen in The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899)] * * * …
63conspicuous — Synonyms and related words: appalling, apparent, arrant, arresting, astonishing, awe inspiring, awesome, blatant, bold, celebrated, clean cut, clear, clear as crystal, clear cut, consequential, crystal clear, defined, definite, distinct,… …
64conspicuous consumption — Synonyms and related words: carpe diem, dissipation, extravagance, incontinence, intemperance, lavishness, leaking purse, loose purse strings, overgenerosity, overgenerousness, overliberality, pound foolishness, prodigality, profligacy,… …
65conspicuous consumption — con.spicuous con sumption n [U] the act of buying a lot of things, especially expensive things that are not necessary, in order to ↑impress other people and show them how rich you are …
66conspicuous consumption — con,spicuous con sumption noun uncount the practice of buying expensive things to show people how rich you are …
67conspicuous consumption — See leisure class …
68conspicuous leisure — See leisure class …
69conspicuous — con·spic·u·ous || kÉ™n spɪkjÊŠÉ™s adj. noticeable, obvious, easy to see …
70conspicuous consumption — over consumption, over use, excess intake …
