commercialize

[ kuh-mur-shuh-lahyz ]
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verb (used with object),com·mer·cial·ized, com·mer·cial·iz·ing.
  1. to make commercial in character, methods, or spirit.

  2. to emphasize the profitable aspects of, especially at the expense of quality: to commercialize one's artistic talent.

  1. to offer for sale; make available as a commodity.

Origin of commercialize

1
  • Also especially British, com·mer·cial·ise .

Other words from commercialize

  • com·mer·cial·i·za·tion [kuh-mur-shuhl-uh-zey-shuhn], /kəˌmɜr ʃəl əˈzeɪ ʃən/, noun
  • com·mer·cial·iz·er, noun
  • de·com·mer·cial·i·za·tion, noun
  • de·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, noun
  • o·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, adjective
  • un·com·mer·cial·ized, adjective

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How to use commercialize in a sentence

  • The Middle West is a hard-working, idealistic, "uncommercialized" body of citizens, who create our national policy.

    Our Part in the Great War | Arthur Gleason
  • One of the early English importations revealed Frohman's utterly uncommercialized attitude toward the theater.

    Charles Frohman: Manager and Man | Isaac Frederick Marcosson and Daniel Frohman
  • All human experience and all natural uncommercialized human aspiration point to this as the right path.

    Preface to Androcles and the Lion | George Bernard Shaw

British Dictionary definitions for commercialize

commercialize

commercialise

/ (kəˈmɜːʃəˌlaɪz) /


verb(tr)
  1. to make commercial in aim, methods, or character

  2. to exploit for profit, esp at the expense of quality

Derived forms of commercialize

  • commercialization or commercialisation, noun

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