Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: The indentation or depression made by the pressure of one object on or into another. His head made an impression on the pillow.
Trending Now. Answers. Best Answer: Consumption is the name that was given to Tuberculosis (because it seemed to 'consume' people from within...coughing up blood was one of the first signs). It would also 'consume' the person as most would waste away before they died.
This is called the âtreadmill of consumption.â This treadmill, as Roberts puts it, is the âprocess of moving ahead materially without any real gain in satisfaction.â Like a drug addict, he says, more and more âdosesâ of shiny objects are needed to get the same âhigh.â