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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
{{prefix|over|consumption|lang=en}}
From {{prefix|en|over|consumption}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{rhymes|en|ʌmpʃən|s=5}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{en-noun|-}}
{{en-noun|-}}


# Excessive [[consumption]]
# Excessive [[consumption]].
#* {{quote-journal|lang=en|2009|January 21|David E. Sanger|Rejecting Bush Era, Reclaiming Values|New York Times|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/21/us/politics/21assess.html
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2009 January 21|author=David E. Sanger|title=Rejecting Bush Era, Reclaiming Values|journal=New York Times|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/21/us/politics/21assess.html
|passage=It seemed a call to end an age of '''overconsumption''' {{...|and the presumption that America had a right to lead the world, a right that he reminded “must be earned.”}}}}
|passage=It seemed a call to end an age of '''overconsumption''' {{...|and the presumption that America had a right to lead the world, a right that he reminded “must be earned.”}}}}

====Synonyms====
* {{l|en|gluttony}}


====Related terms====
====Related terms====
* {{l|en|overconsume}}
* {{l|en|overconsume}}

====Translations====
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* Dutch: {{t+|nl|overconsumptie|f}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|liikakulutus}}
* French: {{t+|fr|surconsommation|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|υπερκατανάλωση|f}}
* Italian: {{t|it|[[consumo]] [[eccessivo]]|m}}, {{t|it|sovraconsumo|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|nadkonsumpcja|f}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|[[чрезме́рное]] [[потребле́ние]]|n}}, {{t+|ru|сверхпотребле́ние|n}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====See also====
* {{l|en|gluttony}}

Latest revision as of 03:09, 19 August 2024

English

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Etymology

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From over- +‎ consumption.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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overconsumption (uncountable)

  1. Excessive consumption.
    • 2009 January 21, David E. Sanger, “Rejecting Bush Era, Reclaiming Values”, in New York Times[1]:
      It seemed a call to end an age of overconsumption []
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