commercialism

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noun

The practices, methods, aims, and spirit of commerce or business.

Similar
commercemercantilism
OriginEnglish commercial ← French commercia ← Late Latin commerciāli →
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Meanings

nouncommercialism (countable and uncountable, plural commercialisms)

plural commercialisms

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

Synonyms & antonyms

nountransactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)

Similar
commercemercantilism
Broader
transactiondealingdealings
Also see
commercemercantilism

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Proto-Italic*merks
  7. Latinmerx
  8. Latincommercium
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  11. Late Latincommerciāli
  12. Frenchcommercia
  13. Englishcommercial
  14. Englishcommercialism

From commercial + -ism.

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APA

commercialism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commercialism

MLA

“commercialism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commercialism. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “commercialism,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commercialism.

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