overconsumption

See also: over-consumption

English

Etymology

over- +‎ consumption

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌmpʃən

Noun

overconsumption (uncountable)

1. Excessive consumption.
   • 2009 January 21, David E. Sanger, “Rejecting Bush Era, Reclaiming Values”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     It seemed a call to end an age of overconsumption […]

Related terms

• overconsume

Translations

Translations

• Dutch: overconsumptie (nl) f
• Finnish: liikakulutus
• French: surconsommation (fr) f
• Greek: υπερκατανάλωση (el) f (yperkatanálosi)
• Italian: consumo eccessivo m, sovraconsumo m
• Polish: nadkonsumpcja (pl) f
• Russian: чрезме́рное потребле́ние n (črezmérnoje potreblénije), сверхпотребле́ние (ru) n (sverxpotreblénije)

See also

• gluttony