commercialism

a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

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commercialism (kəˈmɜːʃəˌlɪzəm)

—n
1.	the spirit, principles, or procedure of commerce
2.	exclusive or inappropriate emphasis on profit

com'mercialist

—n

commercia'listic

—*adj*

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commercialism

"principles and practice of commerce," 1849, from commercial + -ism.

Example sentences

There's a devilishly odd nexus of theology, mathematics and commercialism on

the sixth day of the sixth month of the sixth year.

These criticism's focused on the commercialism found at the conference and our

underlying belief in the benefit of technology.

The film's celebrity boxers will be overwhelmed by commercialism in much the

same way.

For poets, of course, the unbridled excess and commercialism of the festival is

disgusting.

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"Commercialism is the blemish on the fair face of American life. Fighting against the terrible conditions of the explorer and pioneer, our forefathers had little time to think of beauty. Hearts and heads became as hardened to the more gracious things of life as did their bodies against physical hardship. Little by little, as nature yielded before the dynamite of their wills, life began to express itself in the same hard terms, and the great commerce of a New World bent everything to its indomitable will."

-Alice Foote MacDougall