顕けん示じ的てき消しょう費ひ

noun

conspicuous consumption

A sociological term coined by Thorstein Veblen, referring to spending on luxury goods and services to publicly display economic power and social status.

• 高こう級きゅう車しゃを買かうのは顕けん示じ的てき消しょう費ひの一いち例れいだ。

  Buying a luxury car is an example of conspicuous consumption.

• 彼かれのブランド品ひんへのこだわりは、まさに顕けん示じ的てき消しょう費ひと言いえる。

  His obsession with brand-name goods can truly be called conspicuous consumption.