Sentence examples for obsessive consumerism from inspiring English sources
He tells me how western society with its obsessive consumerism and endless distractions totally misunderstands the nature of happiness.
Currently, the communications industry is actively participating in the "irretrievable mutilation" of the planet by aggressively promoting a lethal addiction -- obsessive consumerism.
CHRISTmas really brings out the worst in people: crass materialism, obsessive consumerism, phony cheer and good will, excessive drinking and eating, isolation and loneliness, religious fundamentalism, etc.
It's like obsessive-compulsive consumerism.
These CEOs are obsessive about bottom-line growth -- which depends on consumerism.
Living "the opiated husk of a life, the treadmill of the ordinary, a cage built of convention and consumerism and obligation and fear", Nora appoints the Shahids her saviours as her attachment develops an obsessive flavour reminiscent of Zoë Heller's lonely narrator in Notes on a Scandal.
We see this not only in many of our government's frantic terrorism policies but also in our obsessive need to prolong life -- no matter the cost or even discomfort -- through ridiculous medical interventions, through our rampant consumerism, our obsession with constant entertainment, and our never-ending need for distraction through electronic gadgets.
Is it consumerism run amok?
Dangerous acts of consumerism.
