Denis Diderot described this effect in his 1769 essay "Regrets for my Old Dressing Gown".
The Diderot effect is a phenomenon that occurs when acquiring a new possession leads to a spiral of consumption that results in the acquisition of even more possessions.[1][2] In other words, it means that buying something new can cause a chain reaction of buying more and more things, as the new item makes one feel like one needs other things to go with it or to keep up with it. This can lead to overspending[3] and accumulating more possessions than one actually needs or uses. The term was coined by anthropologist and scholar of consumption patterns Grant McCracken in 1988,[4] and is named after the French philosopher Denis Diderot (1713–1784), who first described the effect in an essay titled "Regrets for my Old Dressing Gown, or, A warning to those who have more taste than fortune".
The term has been used in discussions of sustainable consumption and green consumerism, in regard to the process whereby a purchase or gift creates dissatisfaction with existing possessions and environment, provoking a potentially spiraling pattern of consumption with negative environmental, psychological, and social impacts.
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^Becker, Joshua (27 October 2021). "Understanding The Diderot Effect To Overcome Overspending". Forbes.
^Çakaröz, Kübra Müge; Kılıç, Sabiha; Civek, Funda (2022-07-29). "Consumer View on the Axis of Diderot Effect and Unplanned Purchase". Journal of Mehmet Akif Ersoy University Economics and Administrative Sciences Faculty. 9 (2): 1327–1348. doi:10.30798/makuiibf.1034930. ISSN 2149-1658.
^Grant McCracken, Culture and Consumption: A Theoretical Account of the Structure and Movement of the Cultural Meaning of Consumer Goods, Journal of Consumer Research, Volume 13, Issue 1, June 1986, Pages 71–84, https://doi.org/10.1086/209048
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Denis Diderot (/ˈdiːdəroʊ/; French: [dəni did(ə)ʁo]; 5 October 1713 – 31 July 1784) was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer, best known for serving...
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anthropology from the University of Chicago. He coined the term the Dideroteffect. He lives in Rowayton, Connecticut. 1988 The Long Interview 1990 Culture...
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of the universe, and cosmography maps the features of the universe. In Diderot's Encyclopédie, cosmology is broken down into uranology (the science of...
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