commercialism
English
editEtymology
editFrom commercial + -ism.
Noun
editcommercialism (countable and uncountable, plural commercialisms)
- The practices, methods, aims, and spirit of commerce or business.
- A tendency to value profit over everything else.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- "commercialism" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 70.