Do the Germans have any other concerns in life apart from consumerism?
Source: tatoeba (958915)
Consumerism
//kənˈsumərɪzm̩//
Synonyms for "consumerism" (25 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (5)
Strong matches (8)
Related words (12)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
7 entriesRelated terms
7 entriesderived
4 entriesderived from
1 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
Translations
21 translations across 19 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- استهلاكية noun (economic theory)
- نزعة استهلاكية noun (economic theory)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- istehlakçılıq noun (economic theory)
Catalan
1 entries- consumisme noun (economic theory)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 消費主義 /消费主义 noun (economic theory)
Finnish
1 entries- konsumerismi noun (economic theory)
French
1 entries- consumérisme noun (economic theory)
German
1 entries- Konsumismus noun (economic theory)
Indonesian
1 entries- konsumerisme noun (economic theory)
Kazakh
1 entries- тұтынушылық noun (economic theory)
Korean
1 entries- 소비주의 noun (economic theory)
Malay
1 entries- کڤڠݢوناءن noun (economic theory)
Māori
1 entries- kaiwhakapetonga noun (economic theory)
Persian
1 entries- مصرفگرایی noun (economic theory)
Polish
1 entries- konsumpcjonizm noun (economic theory)
Portuguese
1 entries- consumismo noun (economic theory)
Russian
1 entries- потреби́тельство noun (economic theory)
Spanish
1 entries- consumismo noun (economic theory)
Swedish
1 entries- konsumism noun (economic theory)
Urdu
2 entries- صارف پرستی noun (economic theory)
- صارفیت noun (economic theory)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
In his view, the domination by English is a threat to the heritage of humanity. It poses an even worse risk: This "single language" will lead to a "single thought" obsessed with money and consumerism.
Source: tatoeba (3393980)
Excessive consumerism in some countries affects the natural environment.
Source: tatoeba (8170327)
At the Vatican, Pope Francis urged the faithful to reject "the god of money" as well as consumerism, pleasure, success and self.
Source: tatoeba (8433356)
Showing 4 of 11 available sentences.
Keep exploring
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.