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'''Consumerism''' is when the consumption of [[goods]] and [[services]] in a culture increases way beyond what people need.
'''Consumerism''' is when the consumption of [[goods]] and [[services]] in a culture increases to an extent beyond what people need; the suffix '-ism' denotes the observation that many critics make that consumer society often functions as a quasi-[[religious]] experience, providing comfort and a goal in life.
[[category:economics]]
[[category:economics]]