Usually means: Displaying wealth through excessive spending.
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  1. conspicuous consumption: Merriam-Webster
  2. conspicuous consumption: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. conspicuous consumption: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. conspicuous consumption: Collins English Dictionary
  5. conspicuous consumption: Vocabulary.com
  6. conspicuous consumption: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. conspicuous consumption: Wiktionary
  8. conspicuous consumption: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. conspicuous consumption: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. conspicuous consumption: Dictionary.com
  11. Conspicuous consumption: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. conspicuous consumption: Rhymezone
  13. conspicuous consumption: FreeDictionary.org
  14. conspicuous consumption: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. conspicuous consumption: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. conspicuous consumption: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. Conspicuous consumption: Inflation Glossary
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  1. conspicuous consumption: Anthropological Terms

Definitions from Wiktionary (conspicuous consumption)

noun:  A public display of acquisition of possessions with the intention of gaining social prestige; excessive consumerism in order to flaunt one's purchasing power.

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