commercialism

English

Etymology

commercial +‎ -ism

Noun

commercialism (countable and uncountable, plural commercialisms)

  1. The practices, methods, aims, and spirit of commerce or business.
  2. A tendency to value profit over everything else.

Further reading
  • "commercialism" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 70.
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