overconsumption

See also: over-consumption

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ consumption.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌmpʃən

Noun

overconsumption (usually uncountable, plural overconsumptions)

1. Excessive consumption.
   • 2009 January 21, David E. Sanger, “Rejecting Bush Era, Reclaiming Values”, in New York Times‎:

     It seemed a call to end an age of overconsumption […]

Related terms

• overconsume

Translations

Translations

Dutch: overconsumptie (nl) f Finnish: liikakulutus French: surconsommation (fr) f Greek: υπερκατανάλωση (el) f (yperkatanálosi) Italian: consumo eccessivo m, sovraconsumo m Polish: nadkonsumpcja (pl) f Russian: чрезме́рное потребле́ние n (črezmérnoje potreblénije), сверхпотребле́ние (ru) n (sverxpotreblénije) Ukrainian: надспожива́ння n (nadspožyvánnja)

See also

• gluttony