Materialism vs Consumerism - What's the difference?
materialism | consumerism |
Constant concern over material possessions and wealth; a great or excessive regard for worldly concerns.
* Buckminster
(philosophy) The philosophical belief that nothing exists beyond what is physical.
(obsolete, rare) Material substances in the aggregate; matter.
A policy of protecting and informing consumers through honesty in advertising and packaging, improved safety standards etc
A materialistic attachment to possessions.
An economic theory that increased consumption is beneficial to a nation's economy in the long run.
As nouns the difference between materialism and consumerism
is that materialism is constant concern over material possessions and wealth; a great or excessive regard for worldly concerns while consumerism is a policy of protecting and informing consumers through honesty in advertising and packaging, improved safety standards etc.materialism
English
(wikipedia materialism)Noun
- The irregular fears of a future state had been supplanted by the materialism of Epicurus.
