as in splurge
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Recent Examples of conspicuous consumption
Will the new Clueless sequel series tackle the climate implications of conspicuous consumption?
Could Cher perhaps have…lost all her money in the prior or looming recession?
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Emma Specter, Vogue, 17 Apr. 2025
The design of this Steven Spielberg film is true to the period, yes, but the character’s aspirations for more, more, and more also feel inextricably linked to the embrace of conspicuous consumption, which resulted in the colorful, expressive look.
—Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 24 Dec. 2024
By resisting the tariff, women like Mrs. Astor showed that their consumer practices were not frivolous indulgences in conspicuous consumption, but choices interwoven in the debates of the day with major implications for the economy and the political system.
—Einav Rabinovitch-Fox / Made By History, TIME, 7 Jan. 2025
Buy Now: $15 Human Finery by Quentin Bell Bell, who was Virginia Woolf’s nephew and who taught for many years as professor of History and Theory of Art at Sussex University, develops his theory of fashion starting from Thorstein Veblen’s categories of conspicuous consumption.
—Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 4 Dec. 2024
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Emma Specter, Vogue, 17 Apr. 2025
The design of this Steven Spielberg film is true to the period, yes, but the character’s aspirations for more, more, and more also feel inextricably linked to the embrace of conspicuous consumption, which resulted in the colorful, expressive look.
—Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 24 Dec. 2024
By resisting the tariff, women like Mrs. Astor showed that their consumer practices were not frivolous indulgences in conspicuous consumption, but choices interwoven in the debates of the day with major implications for the economy and the political system.
—Einav Rabinovitch-Fox / Made By History, TIME, 7 Jan. 2025
Buy Now: $15 Human Finery by Quentin Bell Bell, who was Virginia Woolf’s nephew and who taught for many years as professor of History and Theory of Art at Sussex University, develops his theory of fashion starting from Thorstein Veblen’s categories of conspicuous consumption.
—Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 4 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conspicuous consumption
Noun
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For a splurge, spring for a cut of the Akaushi wagyu, which melts in the mouth.—
Mae Hamilton,
Travel + Leisure,
24 May 2025
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That means splurges and staples, sunscreens and serums, and whatever else your solstice refresh is calling for.—
Annie Blackman,
Allure,
17 May 2025
Noun
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Your laughter, your spirit, generosity, humor, cheekiness, courage and loyalty is an incredible gift to me.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
EW.com,
28 May 2025
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What Thornton is striving toward, an embrace of generosity, of humanity being able to change what faith and religion even mean, is often moving.—
Ella Kemp,
IndieWire,
23 May 2025
Noun
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Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic celebrated the centenary of Pierre Boulez’s birth with an extravagance of sonic invention and dance.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2025
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For years, the Mission: Impossible movies stood as a welcome bulwark against the world-building extravagance of Hollywood’s franchise craze.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
14 May 2025
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Just below the altar, the cinerary casket was banked by a glorious profusion of sweet peas, Reinaldo’s favorite flowers.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
29 Mar. 2025
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However, Rosenbaum argues, a profusion of biographies and publications focused on Bloomsbury since the 1960s is proof of ongoing curiosity about the phenomenon and the people involved in it.—
Jenny Noyce,
JSTOR Daily,
14 May 2025
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“Conspicuous consumption.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conspicuous%20consumption. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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