誇こ示じ的てき消しょう費ひ

noun

conspicuous consumption

Sociological and economic term for spending on luxury goods to display wealth or status. Often used in discussions of Veblen's theory.

• 誇こ示じ的てき消しょう費ひは、社しゃ会かい的てき地ち位いを示しめすための行こう動どうだ。

  Conspicuous consumption is behavior to display social status.

• ヴェブレンは『有ゆう閑かん階かい級きゅうの理り論ろん』で誇こ示じ的てき消しょう費ひの概がい念ねんを提てい唱しょうした。

  Veblen proposed the concept of conspicuous consumption in 'The Theory of the Leisure Class'.