Dictionary

buyer's remorse en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (uncountable) A feeling of anxiety or regret after making, or after promising to make, a purchase, especially a purchase encouraged by a high-pressure sales pitch.
   • All too often, however, a gal comes home and buyer's remorse sets in. […] A dress looks dreamy when you try it on in the shop. But once you're standing in front of the mirror at home, something dreadful's happened. 1953 May 11, “Correct for Figure Faults to Avoid Buyer's Remorse”, in St. Petersburg Times, retrieved 21 Oct 2008, page 26:
   • In your new service contract, read the fine print of the buyer's remorse clause. Some carriers, such as VoiceStream, give you only 72 hours to decide whether to keep their service. 2002 June 3, Wilson Rothman, “The Smart Ones”, in Time, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2008:
2. (qualifier:transferred sense, uncountable) A feeling of regret after any kind of decision, for example voting for a certain party or consenting to sexual intercourse with someone.

Forms

Coordinates

seller's remorse

Relateds

cooling-off period · impulse buy

Synonyms

postdecisional regret

Translations (13)

fr remords de l'acheteur (anxiety after purchase) · et ostukahetsus (anxiety after purchase) · pl wyrzuty sumienia po zakupie (anxiety after purchase) · es arrepentimiento postdecisional (feeling of regret after any kind of decision) · ru раска́яние покупа́теля (anxiety after purchase) · es remordimiento del comprador (anxiety after purchase) · cmn 決策後悔 /决策后悔 (feeling of regret after any kind of decision) · de Kaufreue (anxiety after purchase) · fi katumus (feeling of regret after any kind of decision) · cmn 購物懊悔 /购物懊悔 (anxiety after purchase) · cmn 事後懊悔 /事后懊悔 (feeling of regret after any kind of decision) · fi ostokatumus (anxiety after purchase) · cmn 買家後悔 /买家后悔 (anxiety after purchase)