consumerlike

consumerlike

English

Etymology

    From consumer + -like.

    Adjective

    consumerlike (comparative more consumerlike, superlative most consumerlike)

    1. Resembling or characteristic of a consumer.
      • 2004, Murray Pomerance, Bad: infamy, darkness, evil, and slime on screen:
        ...earnestly starts looking for an apartment, and uses her free time to spend money in typical consumerlike fashion on cheap wares for her new place.
      • 2008, Valerie Ruhe, Bruno D Zumbo, Evaluation in Distance Education and E-Learning: The Unfolding Model:
        With the consumer approach, evaluators produce independent, consumerlike assessments where the consumer's welfare is the ultimate value.