commodification
/kəˌmɑ.dɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.32 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The assignment of a commercial value to something previously without such value.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The transformation from being commercialized on a nonfungible basis into becoming a commodity that is fungible.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonyms: commercialization, monetization"
- "Subcultures tend to go through continual cycles of commodification and resistance to that commodification."
- "One drizzly morning, I joined a political walking tour to hear former combatants of the Troubles show off Belfast landmarks and tell their stories. Almost everything about this notion piqued my curiosity: the commodification of violence into a tourist product; the idea that “politics” was actually history."
- "A company that innovates to achieve the commercialization of a technology often must shift strategy some decades later in response to the advent of that technology's commodification."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin com- Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Latin modus Latin commodus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin commoditāsder. Anglo-Norman commoditeebor. Middle English commoditee English commodity Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English commodify Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -ficātiō Old French -ificationbor. Middle English -ificacioun English -ification English commodification From commodify + -ification.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /kəˌmɑ.dɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
- British English: /kəˌmɒ.dɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/