anticommercialism

noun

An ideology that opposes commercialism.

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Meanings

nounanticommercialism (uncountable)
  1. uncountablehuman sciencesAn ideology that opposes commercialism.

    Unstructured gigs at the city’s acid-drenched ballrooms encouraged epic jams of the sort perfected by the Grateful Dead, Big Brother and the Holding Company, and the Jefferson Airplane, along with a naïve anticommercialism — hit singles were for the hacks in Laurel Canyon.

    2007 June 9, Michael Walker, “(Don’t Go Back to) San Francisco”, in New York Times

Origin

From anticommercial + -ism.

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Translations

Portuguese anticomercialismo
  • anticomercialismoan ideology that opposes commercialism
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APA

anticommercialism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticommercialism

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“anticommercialism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticommercialism. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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