CONSPICUOUS CONSUMPTION

Pronunciation:		kun'spikyoous kun'sumpshun
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] buying expensive services and products in order to flaunt your wealth

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	See Also:	consumption, economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services

Thesaurus Terms

	Related Terms:	carpe diem, dissipation, extravagance, incontinence, intemperance, lavishness, leaking purse, loose purse strings, overgenerosity, overgenerousness, overliberality, pound-foolishness, prodigality, profligacy, profuseness, profusion, reckless expenditure, reckless spending, squandering, squandermania, waste, wastefulness