consumerist

[ kuhn-soo-mer-ist ]

noun

1. Also called con·sum·er ad·vo·cate [k, uh, n-, soo, -mer , ad, -v, uh, -kit]. a person who is dedicated to protecting and promoting the welfare and rights of consumers.

adjective

1. of or relating to consumer interests or consumerism.

Word History and Origins

Origin of consumerist¹

First recorded in 1965–70; consumer + -ist

Example Sentences

In my book, I warned, before a lot of this stuff was as apparent, that when you have a version of “consumerist constitutionalism,” you run a lot of risks.

From Slate

In 2019, going by his byline of “Mike Ma,” he self-published a novel called “Harassment Architecture,” which glorifies those lone-wolf acts of terror, picking up on strains of Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber, who expressed fears about the future “greenhouse effect” and disavowed modernity and its consumerist culture.

From Salon

That’s not always the case anymore, although in terms of luxury items in general, they are still a much more affordable foray into the consumerist upper echelon.

From Los Angeles Times

The moral and intellectual gymnastics that liberal pastors say define the convictions of right-wing Christians have only hardened with emerging models of worship that orient its congregants in a more consumerist, less politically reflective direction.

From Salon

An individual, consumerist solution to a warming planet?

From Slate