conspicuous consumption
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
conspicuous consumption
n 1: buying expensive services and products in order to flaunt
your wealth
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
22 Moby Thesaurus words for "conspicuous consumption":
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
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