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prosumption

prosumption noun: the contribution to product development by end users.

Noun

prosumption (uncountable)

  1. The contribution to product development by end users.
    • The chapter covers the review of approaches that have been developed by prosumption specialists to improve the integration between the production for use and production for sale.2013, Małgorzata Pańkowska, Frameworks of IT Prosumption for Business Development, page XX
    • In fact they suggest that the rise of prosumption signals a new stage of capitalism in which it no longer makes sense to speak of workers as exploited.2017, Debra Benita Shaw, Posthuman Urbanism: Mapping Bodies in Contemporary City Space

Origin of prosumption

Blend of production + consumption.

Words that rhyme with prosumption

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Questions about prosumption

What does prosumption mean?
Prosumption means the contribution to product development by end users.
What part of speech is prosumption?
Prosumption is a noun.

Words near prosumption in the dictionary

  1. prosuicide
  2. prosultiamine
  3. prosumer
  4. prosumerism
  5. prosumers
  6. prosumption
  7. prosupination
  8. prosurfactant
  9. prosurrender
  10. prosurvival
  11. prosy

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