Keeping up with the Joneses
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| - | '''Conspicuous consumption''' is a term used to describe the [[lavish]] [[spending]] on goods and services acquired mainly for the purpose of displaying [[income]] or [[wealth]]. In the mind of a conspicuous [[consumer]], such display serves as a means of attaining or maintaining [[social status]]. A very similar but more colloquial term is "[[keeping up with the Joneses]]". | ||
| - | '''Invidious consumption''', a necessary [[corollary]], is the term applied to [[consumption]] of goods and services for the deliberate purpose of inspiring [[envy]] in others. | + | "'''Keeping up with the Joneses'''" is an [[idiom]] in many parts of the [[English language|English]]-speaking world referring to the comparison to one's neighbor as a benchmark for [[social class|social caste]] or the accumulation of material goods. To fail to "keep up with the Joneses" is perceived as demonstrating socio-economic or cultural inferiority. |
| - | These terms are not used descriptively for behavioral disorders such as [[Compulsive overeating|binge eating]] and [[Oniomania|compulsive spending]]. | + | ==See also== |
| + | *[[Affluenza]] | ||
| + | *[[Anthropological theories of value]] | ||
| + | *[[Anti-consumerism]] | ||
| + | *[[Consumerism]] | ||
| + | *[[Conspicuous consumption]] | ||
| + | *[[Bandwagon effect]] | ||
| + | *[[Economic inequality]] | ||
| + | *[[Economic mobility]] | ||
| + | *[[Envy]] | ||
| + | *[[Herd behavior]] | ||
| + | *[[Network effect]] | ||
| + | *[[Model minority]] | ||
| + | *[[Over-consumption]] | ||
| + | *[[Peer pressure]] | ||
| + | *[[Post-materialism]] | ||
| + | *[[Relative deprivation]] | ||
| + | *[[Sheeple]] | ||
| + | *[[Simple living]] | ||
| + | *[[Socioeconomic status]] | ||
| + | *''[[Status Anxiety]]'' | ||
| + | *[[Symbolic capital]] | ||
| + | *''[[The Joneses]]'' | ||
| + | *[[The Theory of the Leisure Class]] | ||
| + | *[[Thorstein Veblen]] | ||
| + | *[[Transformative asset]] | ||
| + | *[[Veblen good]] | ||
| + | *[[Westernization]] | ||
| - | == See also == | ||
| - | *[[Gangsta rap]] | ||
| - | *[[Fetishism ]] | ||
| - | *[[Commodity fetishism ]] | ||
| - | *[[Economic materialism ]] | ||
| - | *[[Kogal ]] | ||
| - | *[[Conspicuous ]] | ||
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"Keeping up with the Joneses" is an idiom in many parts of the English-speaking world referring to the comparison to one's neighbor as a benchmark for social caste or the accumulation of material goods. To fail to "keep up with the Joneses" is perceived as demonstrating socio-economic or cultural inferiority.
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See also
- Affluenza
- Anthropological theories of value
- Anti-consumerism
- Consumerism
- Conspicuous consumption
- Bandwagon effect
- Economic inequality
- Economic mobility
- Envy
- Herd behavior
- Network effect
- Model minority
- Over-consumption
- Peer pressure
- Post-materialism
- Relative deprivation
- Sheeple
- Simple living
- Socioeconomic status
- Status Anxiety
- Symbolic capital
- The Joneses
- The Theory of the Leisure Class
- Thorstein Veblen
- Transformative asset
- Veblen good
- Westernization
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