overcommercialize

verb

To make excessively commercial.

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Meanings

verbovercommercialize (third-person singular simple present overcommercializes, present participle overcommercializing, simple past and past participle overcommercialized)

present singular third person overcommercializes · participle present overcommercializing · participle past overcommercialized · past overcommercialized

  1. transitiveTo make excessively commercial.

    It was unwieldy, included a fatal bombing at Centennial Olympic Park and is largely considered the most overcommercialized Olympics in the history of the modern Games.

    2007 July 15, “Chicago Gets Advice on How to Secure and Run a Successful Olympics”, in New York Times

Origin

From over- + commercialize.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overcommercialize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcommercialize.

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