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- noun The
movement that opposesconsumerism .
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Examples
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"The eco-property movement has been hijacked by the 'woolly jumper brigade,' those that interpret eco-friendly as anticonsumerism, rather than reality," says Thomas Lipinski, an award-winning Polish architect and founder of Green Structures, a building firm.
The Green, Green Luxury of Home Tara Loader Wilkinson 2011
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Since he began preaching on the street corners in Times Square a decade ago, Reverend Billy and his anticonsumerism message have gained mainstream attention, thanks in part to his book and a world tour with the church's 40-member choir.
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For the past four years on Black Friday, three Newark sisters have been trekking to the Christiana Mall to celebrate a global anticonsumerism movement called “Buy Nothing Day.”
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Afraid to declare himself-especially in light of Beth's flirtations with a socially connected but intellectually suspect football player-he pours his energy into a clever Web site, through which his alter ego, Larry, advocates introspection, tolerance, and anticonsumerism ....
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Maybury's mindbending tour hits all manner of cultural hot buttons: gender politics, anticonsumerism, cultural imperialism, AIDS, bizarre computer art, trance music and imagery - if you can think of it you can probably find it somewhere in here.
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His backstory is a little hazy, but filtering out his talk about fascism and anticonsumerism, here's what we could piece together.
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His backstory is a little hazy, but filtering out his talk about fascism and anticonsumerism, here's what we could piece together.
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