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kidfluence

kidfluence noun: the influence that children exert, both directly and indirectly, on the consumer decisions made by their parents.

Noun

kidfluence (uncountable)

  1. The influence that children exert, both directly and indirectly, on the consumer decisions made by their parents.
    • Game makers found they didn't have to appeal to parents as buyers as they could activate the pressure of "kidfluence."2002, Stephen Kline, Greig de Peuter, “Ghosts in the Machine: Postmodern Childhood, Video Gaming, and Advertising”, in Daniel Thomas Cook, editor, Symbolic Childhood, Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 266

Origin of kidfluence

Blend of kid + influence.

Questions about kidfluence

What does kidfluence mean?
Kidfluence means the influence that children exert, both directly and indirectly, on the consumer decisions made by their parents.
What part of speech is kidfluence?
Kidfluence is a noun.

Words near kidfluence in the dictionary

  1. kidels
  2. kideo
  3. kideos
  4. kidfic
  5. kidfics
  6. kidfluence
  7. kidfluencer
  8. kidfluencers
  9. kidfluencing
  10. kidfucker
  11. kidfuckers

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