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.

Origin of commercialize

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, adjective

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Related Words for commercialized

degrade, sell, lower, lessen, cheapen, market, advertise, depreciate

Examples from the Web for commercialized

Contemporary Examples of commercialized

Christmas has been commercialized since year one of the “Current Era.”
Keep Christmas Commercialized!
P. J. O’Rourke
December 6, 2014
The high school game has become so commercialized that big games are now broadcast to a national audience on ESPN.
Two New Films Preach Our Nation’s Corrosive Gridiron Gospel
Steve Almond
September 20, 2014

Historical Examples of commercialized

"It's what one has to expect from a commercialized bourgeoise," he returned bitterly.
Ruggles of Red Gap
Harry Leon Wilson
Neither educated nor commercialized, he is fleeced by the buyers.
A Poor Man's House
Stephen Sydney Reynolds
The sport with us was commercialized, ruined, and then practically forbidden.
The Personality of American Cities
Edward Hungerford
Pastime was not only being organized, systematized, commercialized.
Mr. Punch's History of Modern England Vol. III of IV
Charles L. Graves
Your commercialized society has built its house on the sands.
The March Family Trilogy, Complete
William Dean Howells

British Dictionary definitions for commercialized

commercialize

commercialise

verb (tr)

to make commercial in aim, methods, or character
to exploit for profit, esp at the expense of quality

Derived Formscommercialization or commercialisation, noun

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Word Origin and History for commercialized

commercialize

1830, from commercial (adj.) + -ize. Related: Commercialized; commercializing.