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commercialism

com·mer·cial·ism
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [kuh-mur-shuh-liz-uh m]
    • /kəˈmɜr ʃəˌlɪz əm/
    • /kəˈmɜː.ʃəl.ɪ.zəm/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kuh-mur-shuh-liz-uh m]
    • /kəˈmɜr ʃəˌlɪz əm/

Definitions of commercialism word

  • uncountable noun commercialism Commercialism is the practice of making a lot of money from things without caring about their quality. 3
  • noun commercialism the spirit, principles, or procedure of commerce 3
  • noun commercialism exclusive or inappropriate emphasis on profit 3
  • noun commercialism the practices and spirit of commerce or business, often, specif., as showing an undue regard for profit 3
  • noun commercialism the principles, practices, and spirit of commerce. 1
  • noun commercialism a commercial attitude in noncommercial affairs; inappropriate or excessive emphasis on profit, success, or immediate results. 1

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Parts of speech for Commercialism

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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

commercialism popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for commercialism

noun commercialism

  • transaction — the act of transacting or the fact of being transacted.
  • deal — If you say that you need or have a great deal of or a good deal of a particular thing, you are emphasizing that you need or have a lot of it.
  • industry — the aggregate of manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field, often named after its principal product: the automobile industry; the steel industry.
  • trading — the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
  • manufacturing — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.

Antonyms for commercialism

noun commercialism

  • avocation — Your avocation is a job or activity that you do because you are interested in it, rather than to earn your living.
  • recreation — the act of creating anew.
  • unemployment — the state of being unemployed, especially involuntarily: Automation poses a threat of unemployment for many unskilled workers.
  • communism — advocacy of a classless society in which private ownership has been abolished and the means of production and subsistence belong to the community

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