consumerist

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *upó

Proto-Italic *supo

Latin sub

Latin sub-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁em-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *h₁émeti

Proto-Italic *emō

Latin emō

Latin sūmō

Latin cōnsūmōder.

Old French consumerbor.

Middle English consumen

English consume

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English consumer

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istader.

Old French -istebor.

Middle English -ist

English -ist

English consumerist

From consumer + -ist.

Adjective

consumerist (comparative more consumerist, superlative most consumerist)

Of or pertaining to consumerism; consumeristic.
consumerist society
- 2011, Margaret Morganroth Gullette, Agewise: Fighting the New Ageism in America, page 125:
  In a consumerist hypersexualized environment where bare-midriffed fifteen-year-olds are the pedophilic standard of desirability, becoming older is coded as a set of deficiencies.

Derived terms

Related terms

consumerism

Translations

of or pertaining to consumerism

Catalan: consumista
Galician: consumista
Italian: consumista (it)
Portuguese: consumista
Spanish: consumista (es)

Noun

consumerist (plural consumerists)

A proponent of consumerism.

Translations

a proponent of consumerism

Catalan: consumista m or f
Galician: consumista m or f
Italian: consumista (it) m or f
Portuguese: consumista m or f
Spanish: consumista (es) m or f

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