English Explanatory Dictionary

commercialism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The practices, methods, aims, and spirit of commerce or business.
  2. A tendency to value profit over everything else.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

commercialism commercialisms

Etymology

From commercial + -ism.

Related words

consumerism

Derived words

hypercommercialism
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