commercialize
[kuh-mur-shuh-lahyz]
verb (used with object), com·mer·cial·ized, com·mer·cial·iz·ing.- to make commercial in character, methods, or spirit.
- to emphasize the profitable aspects of, especially at the expense of quality: to commercialize one's artistic talent.
- to offer for sale; make available as a commodity.
Also especially British, com·mer·cial·ise.
Related formscom·mer·cial·i·za·tion, nouncom·mer·cial·iz·er, nounde·com·mer·cial·i·za·tion, nounde·com·mer·cial·ize, verb (used with object), de·com·mer·cial·ized, de·com·mer·cial·iz·ing.o·ver·com·mer·cial·i·za·tion, nouno·ver·com·mer·cial·ize, verb (used with object), o·ver·com·mer·cial·ized, o·ver·com·mer·cial·iz·ing.qua·si-com·mer·cial·ized, adjectiveun·com·mer·cial·ized, adjectiveDictionary.com Unabridged
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Examples from the Web for commercialization
Contemporary Examples of commercialization
However, an unintended consequence of the commercialization of the sport was a boom in child trafficking.
Only Johnny Carson could make the commercialization of Shakespeare funny.
Historical Examples of commercialization
The White Slave Traffic, about which we hear so much these days, is a direct result of this commercialization.
Its purpose was to streamline the commercialization of a farm product, and in this effort it was highly successful.
Commercialization has never affected any literature more than it has affected the American short story in the past.
The commercialization of brides is substantially universal, except in America.
It was another little thing they had picked up in our world, from our civilization,—the commercialization of art.
British Dictionary definitions for commercializationcommercialize
commercialise
- to make commercial in aim, methods, or character
- to exploit for profit, esp at the expense of quality
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Word Origin and History for commercializationv.1830, from commercial (adj.) + -ize. Related: Commercialized; commercializing.
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