metaconsumer

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *meth₂? Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor. English meta- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *h₁em-der. Proto-Italic *emō Latin emō Latin sūmō Latin cōnsūmōder. Old French consumerbor. Middle English consumen English consume Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āsjos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English consumer English metaconsumer From meta- + consumer.

  1. derived from -āriusbor
  2. derived from consumerbor

Definitions

  1. One who actively shapes the products that they purchase.

    • In a conventional relationship between designer and consumer, the consumer places orders; a metaconsumer works on par with a metadesigner as “co-author.”
    • For "medium customers", the beginnings of the conception of the metaconsumer takes place on the base of many frustrations: the time of mistrust and the loss of privileges.
  2. One who consumes or seeks out aspects of consumerism

    One who consumes or seeks out aspects of consumerism; a consumer of the experience of shopping and advertising (as opposed to the products bought).

    • A metaconsumer is not only a consumer of products and symbols but also an active participant in the shopping spectacle.
    • Oh, an ardent hermeneut might try to distinguish his or her own experience as more intensively "pop" than that of less authentic metaconsumers passing through Coke's world.
  3. A person, system, or organization that purchases something on behalf of a group of…

    A person, system, or organization that purchases something on behalf of a group of consumers.

    • Most of these examples assume one producer and one consumer ( or aggregate them into one metaproducer and one metaconsumer ) .
    • In other words, metaverse equals 'metacreator' and 'metaconsumer'.
  4. + 1 more definition
    1. One who consumes (destroys) the act or possibility of consumption.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA