commercialism

English

Etymology

From commercial +‎ -ism.

Noun

commercialism (countable and uncountable, plural commercialisms)

1. The practices, methods, aims, and spirit of commerce or business.
2. A tendency to value profit over everything else.

Derived terms

• hypercommercialism

 

Further reading

• "commercialism" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 70.