Metaconsumption
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Metaconsumption is a noun meaning (social sciences) The consumption of a process of consumption, rather than of an actual work or product.
Meaning
(social sciences) The consumption of a process of consumption, rather than of an actual work or product.
Example Sentences
In metaconsumption, the objectification, rather than the object itself, is shared, circulated, and consumed. This objectification can impart status to and shape identity for those who are able to lay claim to it through language.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include metaperception, cognification, apperception, metathinking, metacognition, meta-awareness.
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