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adjective

commercialized adj.

Organized principally for financial gain.

Having its focus changed from non-commercial to commercial; as, Christmas has become a commercialized spectacle.

Synonyms: commercialised.

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Etymology of 'Commercialized'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Commercialized" Quotes from Famous Books

... behind the life of every great nation stands the love of God, whatever god it may be, and the love of Motherland. These things may not be your fault. They may, indeed, be the terrible penalty of success. But no one who lives for ever so short a time amongst you can fail to see the truth. You are commercialized out of all the greatness of life. Forgive me, all of you, that I say it so plainly, but you are a race who are on the downward grade, and Japan seeks for no alliance save with those whose faces are ...

— The Illustrious Prince • E. Phillips Oppenheim

... Bay, between two peninsulas, there was a spot, now commercialized into a producing oil well, where the gas came to the surface with sufficient force to upset small boats. Many of the oil wells are spouters for a long time after they are first bored, and when they cease to spout they can frequently be made to renew their activity ...

— Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania • Jewett Castello Gilson

Words linked to "Commercialized" : commercialised