Konsumterror

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔnˈzuːmˌtɛʁoːɐ̯/
Audio: (file)

Noun

Konsumterror m (strong, genitive Konsumterrors, no plural)

(derogatory) overconsumption, consumerism

Declension

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

^ 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

“Konsumterror” in Duden online
“Konsumterror” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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