commercialism
commercialism · commercialisms
The practices, methods, aims, and spirit of commerce or businessThe practices, methods, aims, and spirit of commerce or business.
US/kəmˈɝʃəlˌɪzəm/
» I won't let all that commercialism ruin my Christmas.
Ich werde mir von diesem ganzen Kommerz nicht mein Weihnachtsfest verderben lassen.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)The practices, methods, aims, and spirit of commerce or business.
(countable, uncountable)A tendency to value profit over everything else.
More definitions
- transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
Examples
2 sentencesI won't let all that commercialism ruin my Christmas.
deIch werde mir von diesem ganzen Kommerz nicht mein Weihnachtsfest verderben lassen.
I cannot help but be concerned about the commercialism of Hollywood movies.
Forms
plural: commercialisms| Singular | commercialism |
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regular
Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services):commercemercantilism
Word family
2 related wordsRelatedconsumerism
Derivedhypercommercialism
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable