Meaning of retail therapy | Babel Free

Definitions

Shopping that is done purely for pleasure, especially as a distraction from personal difficulties or disappointments.

humorous, uncountable

Examples

“This vicious cycle, "the loneliness loop," has been studied by economists for more than a decade. But surely, if retail therapy can be medicine, there must be a way for shopping to make us feel less lonely, right?”

CEFR level