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Definition: Commercialism |
CommercialismNoun1. Transactions having the objective of supplying commodities. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "commercialism" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1897. (references) |
Synonyms: CommercialismSynonyms: commerce (n), mercantilism (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Commercialism |
| English words defined with "commercialism": commercial ♦ dollar, dollar mark, dollar sign. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Agnes Repplier | The American may not be a materialist but he has certainly hallowed commercialism, and made of it both a romantic and a moral adventure. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| "Commercialism" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Commercialism" is used about 86 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 86 | 35,638 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
commercialism | 8 |
commercialism in school | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "commercialism"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | komercizlizëm. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | търгашество, комерческа практика, комерчески методи, комерчески институции, комерчески дух. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 商业主义. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | komercialismus, komerènost. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | handelsgeist (mercantilism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εμπορικότησ, εμπορικότητα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מסחריות. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kereskedelem (commerce, dealership, trade), kereskedés (braziery, chaffering, mart, mongering, shop, trading). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | spirito commerciale, mercantilismo (mercantilism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 商業主義 , 営利主義 , コペルニクス的転回 (a commercial, COBOL, cohort, coma, command, command module, commando, commercial art, commercial base, commercial design, commercial film, commercial jingle, commercial message, commercial package, commercial paper, commercial song, Common Business Oriented Language, Copernican revolution, copolymer, frame in a film or video). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しょうぎょうしゅぎ, コマーシャリズ , えいりしゅぎ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 상업주의. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | traghtys (disquisition, treatise). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ommercialismcay comercialismo. (various references) торгашеский дух. (various references) komercijalizam. (various references) mercantilismo (mercantilism, profiteering). (various references) kommersialism. (various references) ticari tutum, ticari terim, ticari anlayış. (various references) торгова практика, меркантильність. (various references) tính buôn bán sự buôn bán, óc buôn bán. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "commercialism": commercialisms. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "commercialism": anticommercialism. (additional references) | |
Words containing "commercialism": anticommercialisms. (additional references) | |
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"Commercialism" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: commercialise. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "commercialism" (pronounced kumer"shuli'zum) |
| 7 | -sh u l i' z u m | racialism, socialism. |
| 6 | -u l i' z u m | bilingualism, cannibalism, capitalism, centralism, colonialism, dualism, emotionalism, entrepreneurialism, environmentalism, evangelism, factionalism, fatalism, federalism, feudalism, formalism, fundamentalism, gradualism, imperialism, incrementalism, individualism, intellectualism, internationalism, journalism, legalism, liberalism, materialism, mercantilism, metabolism, minimalism, moralism, multiculturalism, multilateralism, mutualism, nationalism, naturalism, neutralism, nihilism, parochialism, pastoralism, paternalism, pluralism, populism, professionalism, provincialism, radicalism, sensationalism, supernaturalism, symbolism, territorialism, vandalism. |
| 5 | -l i' z u m | alcoholism, botulism, embolism, idealism, parallelism, realism, surrealism. |
| 4 | -i' z u m | abolitionism, absenteeism, absolutism, activism, adventurism, agrarianism, altruism, amateurism, anachronism, aneurism, animism, antagonism, aphorism, astigmatism, atavism, atheism, authoritarianism, autism, baptism, barbarism, bolshevism, boosterism, catechism, chauvinism, classicism, collectivism, communism, conservatism, consumerism, corporatism, counterterrorism, creationism, criticism, cronyism, cubism, cynicism, dandyism, defeatism, deism, despotism, determinism, diamagnetism, diastrophism, dimorphism, dogmatism, Druidism, dwarfism, dynamism, egalitarianism, egoism, egotism, electromagnetism, elitism, empiricism, ergotism, eroticism, escapism, ethnocentrism, euphemism, expansionism, expressionism, extremism, fanaticism, fascism, favoritism, feminism, ferromagnetism, fetishism, futurism, geotropism, gnosticism, hedonism, helotism, heroism, hooliganism, humanism, hypnotism, illusionism, impressionism, interventionism, Irredentism, isolationism, isomorphism, jingoism, leftism, lesbianism, lyricism, magnetism, mannerism, masochism, mechanism, mesmerism, methodism, microorganism, militarism, modernism, monasticism, monetarism, monism, monotheism, mysticism, narcissism, nativism, negativism, nepotism, obstructionism, opportunism, optimism, organism, ostracism, overoptimism, pacifism, paganism, parkinsonism, patriotism, perfectionism, pessimism, pharisaism, pietism, plagiarism, polymorphism, polytheism, positivism, pragmatism, protectionism, puritanism, racism, recidivism, relativism, republicanism, revisionism, rheumatism, romanticism, sadism, satanism, sectarianism, secularism, separatism, sexism, skepticism, statism, stoicism, synergism, terrorism, theism, tokenism, totalitarianism, tourism, truism, unionism, vegetarianism, vigilantism, voluntarism, volunteerism, voyeurism. |
| 3 | -z u m | bosom, careerism, chasm, cytoplasm, enthusiasm, iconoclasm, ism, microcosm, neoplasm, orgasm, phantasm, prism, sarcasm, schism, spasm. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-i-i-l-m-m-m-o-r-s" | |
-2 letters: commercials. | |
-3 letters: commercial, immemorial, immoralism, microscale. | |
-4 letters: camomiles, cramoisie, licorices, meliorism, memorials, semimicro. | |
-5 letters: calicoes, calorics, calories, camisole, camomile, carioles, casimire, ceramics, claimers, clammers, clammier, coracles, cosmical, isomeric, licorice, memorial, milesimo, miracles, misclaim, moralise, moralism, racemism, ramilies, reclaims, scleroma, semicoma. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-e-i-i-l-m-m-m-o-r-s" | |
+1 letter: commercialisms, semicommercial. | |
+4 letters: anticommercialism. | |
+5 letters: anticommercialisms. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
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