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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Conspicuous consumption is a sociological term describing the acquisition of goods and services with the deliberate aim of highlighting one&#039;s income or wealth; in other words: the noticeable exhibition of luxury as a means of attaining or maintaining social status.<br /> <br /> An example from the Restoration period: Social climber [[Samuel Pepys]], in a fine suit, and his wife, also &quot;extraordinary fine&quot;, being both &quot;mighty earnest to go&quot; through town in order to be seen in their lavish coach (Diary: [http://www.pepys.info/1669/1669may.html 1669, May 1]).</div>

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