commercialism
English
Etymology
From commercial + -ism.
Pronunciation
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Noun
commercialism (countable and uncountable, plural commercialisms)
- The practices, methods, aims, and spirit of commerce or business.
- A tendency to value profit over everything else.
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Further reading
- Raymond Williams (1983), “Commercialism”, in Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society, revised American edition, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, published 1985, →ISBN, page 70.