Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

anticommercialism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: an-ti-com-mer-cial-ism
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An ideology that opposes commercialism.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From anticommercial + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: anticommercial

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does anticommercialism mean?: An ideology that opposes commercialism.
Where does anticommercialism come from?: From anticommercial + -ism.

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