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sheconomy

sheconomy noun: the trend whereby women are gaining economic power, and living increasingly consumerist lifestyles, particularly when it comes to spending on fashion, food, cars, and apartments.

Noun

sheconomy (countable and uncountable, plural sheconomies)

  1. The trend whereby women are gaining economic power, and living increasingly consumerist lifestyles, particularly when it comes to spending on fashion, food, cars, and apartments.
    • In terms of Sheconomy, debt falls into three categories – the good, the bad and the just plain ugly.2013, Karen J. Pine, Simonne Gnessen, Sheconomics, Headline, →ISBN
    • This seems to be primarily in response to my simply citing the proven facts that many of the key changes in modern society, and modern marriages, have come as an outgrowth of the fast-breaking "liberation" of America's women and the attendant rise of the "Sheconomy."2017, Bradley A. Coates, Divorce with Decency, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 150

Examples of sheconomy in a sentence

  • A "sheconomy" is booming in China, driven by a seismic shift in younger women's spending habits.2019 May 3, Dawn Liu, “China's $670 billion 'sheconomy' is growing like crazy”, in CNBC:
  • I also find it a little bizarre that, in 2019, we are still seeing reports with names like “Rise of the SHEconomy” which point out that investing in female-focussed brands is probably a good idea.[2019 August 31, Arwa Mahdawi, “All the single ladies have been an economic force for a long time – marketers are just noticing”, in The...

Forms of sheconomy

pluralsheconomies

Origin of sheconomy

Blend of she + economy, popularized by a 2019 Morgan Stanley report titled “The Rise of the SHEconomy”.

Questions about sheconomy

What does sheconomy mean?
Sheconomy means the trend whereby women are gaining economic power, and living increasingly consumerist lifestyles, particularly when it comes to spending on fashion, food, cars, and apartments.
How do you use sheconomy in a sentence?
A "sheconomy" is booming in China, driven by a seismic shift in younger women's spending habits.
What part of speech is sheconomy?
Sheconomy is a noun.
What is the plural of sheconomy?
The plural of sheconomy is sheconomies.

Words near sheconomy in the dictionary

  1. Sheckler
  2. Shecklers
  3. shecock
  4. shecocks
  5. sheconomies
  6. sheconomy
  7. shed
  8. shed a tear
  9. shed blood
  10. shed find
  11. shed finds

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