D

decency, standard of

abstention from labour a prerequisite, 41

accumulation of wealth promoted by, 112

accustomed, advancing from, 102–103, 106, 109–110

accustomed, receding from, 85, 102–103, 106–107, 109

conformity to community standards, 111–112, 115

emulation the motivator, 103–104, 112

evolution of, 90, 92

extensible indefinitely, 102

as a habit, 106–108

higher in cities, 87–89

increases in from increases in ability to pay, 102

negative character, 106

prerequisite for self-esteem, 37

of scholars, 113–114

time demands of, 65

decorum. See manners

delinquents. See lower-class delinquents

devout observances, 267

in artisans, 321, 322–323

in college athletes, 298–299

conformance to a code of morals not the same, 320

consumption originating in, 308–309

differences in social classes, 319–321, 342–343

from economics point of view, 293–294

emulation a complementary element in human nature, 292

in Europe, 320

exceptional devoutness a mark of arrested spiritual development, 305

an expression of animism, 292

gender differences in, 323–325

in half-caste congregations, 313–315

in higher learning, 377–378

in the ideal delinquent and ideal pecuniary man, 238

in leisure class, 319, 320

in lower-class delinquents, 238, 297–298, 319, 321

occupational differences in, 329–330

of the poor, 319–320, 322

postwar generations approve, 373

spectacular effects in, 327–329

of sportsmen, 297–298

in United States, 323–326, 329

young denominations, 316–317

diction, 398

dignity. See honour, esteem

diligence

inferior classes, 35–36

women, 5

division of labour

in barbarian cultures, 4, 5

durability of distinctions, 9–10

exploit vs. drudgery same as male vs. female, 13

gender-based, 4, 5, 13–14, 22

non-industrial vs. industrial employment same as exploit vs. drudgery, 9–10

in servants, 54–56, 63

worthy vs. unworthy employments same as exploit vs. drudgery, 8, 15

dogs, 141–142, 144

dolichoblonds

attracted by well-kept lawns, 133–134

compared to brachycephalic-brunettes, Mediterranean types, 217, 225

facility for reversion to barbarism, 197

moderately successful, 226

peace-disturbing, 252

See also brachycephalic-brunettes; Mediterranean type

domestic life, 112

domestic servants. See personal servants

dress (attire)

codes of proprieties guide, 168

conspicuous leisure guides, 172

conspicuous waste guides, 168, 172, 173, 175–177, 178

evidence of ability to pay, 167–168, 169

evidence of abstention from labour, 170–172, 179

expensiveness intrinsically ugly, 176–177

fashionableness (up-to-dateness), 173–178, 186–187

gentleman of leisure's native dignity enhanced by, 170–171

gentlemen of leisure's compared to priest's, 308

a higher want, 168

innovations in, 176–177

of men, 179, 183–184, 186

pecuniary beauty exemplified by, 131–132, 168–169

of women, 171–172, 179–183

dress codes, corporate, 80

drudgery

originating in vicarious leisure, 59

vs. exploit, 8, 10, 13, 15

in women's lives, 358–359

dueling, 249–250, 250, 327

E

economic institutions, 193. See also institutions

economic man, 241

economic motives, 110

economics

animism's, anthropomorphism's significance to, 282–285, 287–288

classical terminology related to Veblen's, 208

educative action of, 233

as point of view for analysis, 265–267, 287, 293–294, 302, 306

secularisation related to, 321–322, 329–330

education. See higher learning

employments

suitable to inferior classes, 2, 79

suitable to leisure class, 1, 2, 3, 40, 233, 247

See also industry, industrial employment; pecuniary employment

emulation

in barbarian cultures, 16–17

conspicuous waste manifests, 110–112

emulation (continued)

defined, 103

devout observances a complementary element in human nature, 292

economic motivator, 110

expensiveness a consequence, 154–156

fast horses a means of, 143

human nature, a pervading trait of, 109

in industrial societies, 226–227, 228–229

in inferior classes, 35–36

instinct of workmanship tested by, 16, 33–34

legitimacy doubted in industrial society, 340

ownership motivated by, 25–26

predatory, 270

in predatory stage, 16–17, 23–24

in primary education, decline of, 388

in primitive society, 16

secondary demands of, 36

in social work, 350–352

standard of decency motivated by, 103–104, 112

See also invidious comparison; pecuniary emulation

engineers, 329

English, "classic," 398

English orthography, 399

entertainments, 75–76, 78

environment, 191, 193, 195, 387. See also change, social change in

environmentalism, 333–334

Eskimos, 6

esoteric knowledge, 367

esteem. See honour, esteem

ethnic groups, 188–190, 192, 196, 213–218. See also brachycephalic-brunettes; dolichoblonds[on this page]; Mediterranean type

Europe, 248

devout observances in, 320

ethnic composition, 252

feudal, 1

evolution, meliorative trend in, 288

exchange value, 229

exoteric knowledge, 367

expensiveness

a consequence of emulation, 154–156

in dress, 176–177

in vices, 70–71

worthiness equated to, 155, 157–158

See also cheapness; pecuniary beauty (beauty enhanced by expensiveness)

exploit

booty as communal triumph, 27

defined, 12–13, 255

end of societal dependence on, 40

evidence of, 44

leisure compared to, 44–45

men's purview, 13–15

vs. drudgery, 8, 10, 13, 15

See also industry, industrial employment