Beneficial vs Consumerism - What's the difference?
beneficial | consumerism |
Helpful or good to something or someone.
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A materialistic attachment to possessions.
An economic theory that increased consumption is beneficial to a nation's economy in the long run.
As an adjective beneficial
is helpful or good to something or someone.As a noun consumerism is
a policy of protecting and informing consumers through honesty in advertising and packaging, improved safety standards etc.beneficial
English
Adjective
(en adjective)A punch in the gut, passage=Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial . It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.}}
