conspicuous consumption

== English == === Etymology === Coined by American economist and sociologist Thorstein Veblen in 1899. === Noun === conspicuous consumption (uncountable) A public display of acquisition of possessions with the intention of gaining social prestige; excessive consumerism in order to flaunt one's purchasing power. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== acquisitiveness === See also === keep up with the Joneses Veblen effect === Further reading === conspicuous consumption on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “conspicuous consumption”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. "conspicuous consumption in the Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus(Wordsmyth, 2002) Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996)