Commercialization

//kəˌmɜːʃəlaɪˈzeɪʃən// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of commercializing. countable, uncountable

    "Near-synonym: productization"

  2. 2
    the act of commercializing something; involving something in commerce wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
commercialisationcommodificationproductization

Example

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"Despite the problems of excessive commercialization, etc. the Olympics will go forward into the new century."

Etymology

From commercialize + -ation or commercial + -ization.

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