Commercialism

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  • noun. The practices, methods, aims, and spirit of commerce or business.
  • noun. An attitude that emphasizes tangible profit or success.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The maxims and methods of commerce or of commercial men; strict business principles.
  • noun. The predominance of commercial pursuits and ideas in an age, a nation, or a community.
  • noun. A commercial custom or expression.
  • noun. The supremacy of commercial over moral considerations; regard for commercial or financial advantage only: as, commercialism in politics.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The commercial spirit or method.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The practices, methods, aims, and spirit of commerce or business.
  • noun. A tendency to value profit over everything else.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
  • Word Usage
    "ANd the likelyhood that the GOP, the party of greed and commercialism, will do something to prevent the mindless commercialism is naive."
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