Konsumterror

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German

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Etymology

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Konsum +‎ Terror, popularized by Ulrike Meinhof.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kɔnˈzuːmˌtɛʁoːɐ̯/
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Noun

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Konsumterror m (strong, genitive Konsumterrors, no plural)

  1. (derogatory) overconsumption, consumerism

Declension

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Declension of Konsumterror [sg-only, masculine, strong]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein der Konsumterror
genitive eines des Konsumterrors
dative einem dem Konsumterror
accusative einen den Konsumterror

References

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  1. ^ Jane Kramer (1988) Europeans, New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, page 449: “Ulrike Meinhof, in prison in West Germany as a terrorist, talked about Konsumterror—the terrorism of things and of the society that valued objects it sold more than the clean conscience it could not sell.”

Further reading

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