Konsumterror

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Konsum +‎ Terror, popularized by Ulrike Meinhof.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kɔnˈzuːmˌtɛʁoːɐ̯/
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Noun[edit]

Konsumterror m (strong, genitive Konsumterrors, no plural)

  1. (derogatory) overconsumption, consumerism

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Jane Kramer (1988) Europeans, New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, page 449:Ulrike Meinhof, in prison in West Germany as a terrorist, talked about Konsumterror—the terrorism of things and of the society that valued objects it sold more than the clean conscience it could not sell.

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