CONSPICUOUS CONSUMPTION


Meaning of CONSPICUOUS CONSUMPTION in English

public enjoyment of possessions that are known to be costly so that one's ability to pay for such things is flaunted.

[ used by Thorstein Veblen in The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899) ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .