commodify
See also: commoditize#Usage notes
English
Etymology
commodity + -ify
Verb
commodify (third-person singular simple present commodifies, present participle commodifying, simple past and past participle commodified)
- To make something into a commodity, sometimes at the expense of its intrinsic value.
- 2009 January 17, John R. MacArthur, “Hope as a commodity”, in Toronto Star:
- […] it's only in America that a lovely feeling such as hope can be commodified so expertly, so cynically.
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Usage notes
Sometimes used interchangeably with commoditize, sometimes distinguished to have a sense of “non-commercial good becoming commercial”; see commoditize#Usage notes.
Synonyms
- commercialize
- commoditize
Derived terms
- commodification
- commodificational
Related terms
- decommodify
Translations
to make something a commodity
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