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- noun Excessive
consumption
Etymologies
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Examples
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But the more Americans obey these orders, the worse things look for China in the short run, since American overconsumption is exactly what has kept those Chinese factories a-hum.
China's Way Forward 2009
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But the more Americans obey these orders, the worse things look for China in the short run, since American overconsumption is exactly what has kept those Chinese factories a-hum.
China's Way Forward 2009
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The real problem with the big-screen televisions is that, like Hummers or McMansions, they offend the sensibilities of many in California's political class, to whom the notion of overconsumption is sinful.
City Journal 2009
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We've seen evidence lately that "overconsumption" is at least as often caused by doctors ordering extra tests and procedures to bump up their profits.
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Imagine what the totals are for the Western world combined: Scary and revealing stuff that makes the word "overconsumption" seem like a gross understatement.
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In dismissing the idea of overconsumption they say: “But the overall level of consumption is not the source of the problem.
Herman Daly Festschrift~ The world is in over-shoot and what to do about it 2009
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Agreed that in today's economy, "overconsumption" and "excess" are now dirty words, for a number of reasons.
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The idea is to toggle the 'overconsumption' box in yellow in the lower chart above to the 'sustainable consumption' box in the upper chart above, in such a way as it causally flips the entire lower chart to the upper chart, and, voila -- we're saved.
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• Do you agree that "overconsumption" is now a dirty word?
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The very names of these drinks alone can—in spite of any cognitive damage provoked by their overconsumption—resuscitate all-too-vivid memories of specific social occasions.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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