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Noun: conspicuous consumption  kun'spik-yoo-us kun'súmp-shun
  1. Buying expensive services and products in order to flaunt your wealth

Derived forms: conspicuous consumptions

Type of: consumption, economic consumption, usance [archaic], use, use of goods and services

Encyclopedia: Conspicuous consumption

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