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Materialistic vs Consumerism - What's the difference?

materialistic | consumerism |

As an adjective materialistic

is being overly concerned with material possessions and wealth.

As a noun consumerism is

a policy of protecting and informing consumers through honesty in advertising and packaging, improved safety standards etc.

materialistic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Being overly concerned with material possessions and wealth.
  • Of or concerning philosophical materialism.
  • * Charles Kingsley
  • But to me his very spiritualism seemed more materialistic than his physics.

    consumerism

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia consumerism)
  • 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.