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com·mer·cial·ize

(kə-mûr′shə-līz′)

tr.v. com·mer·cial·ized, com·mer·cial·iz·ing, com·mer·cial·iz·es

1. To apply methods of business to for profit.

a. To do, exploit, or make chiefly for financial gain.

b. To sacrifice the quality of for profit.

com·mer′cial·i·za′tion (-shə-lĭ-zā′shən) n.

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commercialized

(kəˈmɜːʃəlaɪzd) or

commercialised

adj

spoiled by commercial exploitation; degraded

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Adj.

commercialized - organized principally for financial gain; "Christmas has become a commercialized spectacle"

commercialised

commercial - connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in commerce or commercial enterprises; "commercial trucker"; "commercial TV"; "commercial diamonds"

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commercialized

[kəˈmɜː^rʃəlaɪzd] commercialised (British) adj (pejorative) [art, festival, place] → commercial(e)

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