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Konsumterror

German edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kɔnˈzuːmˌtɛʁoːɐ̯/
  • (file)

Noun edit

Konsumterror m (strong, genitive Konsumterrors, no plural)

  1. (derogatory) overconsumption, consumerism

Declension edit

Declension of Konsumterror [sg-only, masculine, strong]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein der Konsumterror
genitive eines des Konsumterrors
dative einem dem Konsumterror
accusative einen den Konsumterror

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.”

Further reading edit

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