commerciality

[kuh-mur-shee-al-i-tee]

com·mer·ci·al·i·ty

[kuh-mur-shee-al-i-tee]
noun
commercial quality or character; ability to produce a profit: Distributors were concerned about the film's commerciality compared with last year's successful pictures.

Origin:
1860–65; commercial + -ity

an·ti·com·mer·ci·al·i·ty, noun
non·com·mer·ci·al·i·ty, noun
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Commerciality has a plethora of syllables.
So is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. Does it mean:
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.
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commercial (kəˈmɜːʃəl)
 
adj
1.  of, connected with, or engaged in commerce; mercantile
2.  sponsored or paid for by an advertiser: commercial television
3.  having profit as the main aim: commercial music
4.  (of goods, chemicals, etc) of unrefined quality or presentation and produced in bulk for use in industry
 
n
5.  a commercially sponsored advertisement on radio or television
 
commerciality
 
n
 
com'mercially
 
adv

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