Explore Commercialism through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like commerce or mercantilism. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Commercialism in a sentence
Commercialism meaning
- The practices, methods, aims, and spirit of commerce or business.
- A tendency to value profit over everything else.
Synonyms of Commercialism
Using Commercialism
- The main meaning on this page is: The practices, methods, aims, and spirit of commerce or business. | A tendency to value profit over everything else.
- Useful related words include: commerce, mercantilism, transaction, dealing.
- In the example corpus, commercialism often appears in combinations such as: commercialism and, of commercialism, the commercialism.
Context around Commercialism
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 10 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Commercialism
- In this selection, "commercialism" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, things, flat, mainstream and capitalism stand out and add context to how "commercialism" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include defied mainstream commercialism żuławski enjoyed and doing things commercialism capitalism ownership. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "commercialism" sits close to words such as abhinandan, abhor and abscesses, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with commercialism
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The media is pandering to officialdom and commercialism. (8 words)
Being a maverick who always defied mainstream commercialism, Żuławski enjoyed success mostly with the European art-house audiences. (18 words)
Like Zoo TV, it poked fun at pop culture and was intended as a send-up of commercialism. (18 words)
They inspire and transcend and stimulate and by doing so, only help others to see pure light and in doing that, put an end to this dull taste of petty commercialism which is being passed off as Artist Art by the overpowering mass media. (44 words)
That’s why, we’ve chosen a different route, stripping away everything we dislike about this field — the flat commercialism and exclusionary elitism — until only the best remained: the creative process itself,” added Kuryshchuk. (34 words)
Not long after he began drawing his "Dinosaurs in Rocket Ships" series, Calvin tells Hobbes: Calvin: The hard part for us avant-garde post-modern artists is deciding whether or not to embrace commercialism. (34 words)
Example sentences (16)
Taking the middleman away from the equation is how the town seems to respond best to the changing times and ever-present monopoly of commercialism that can feel absolutely suffocating.
Even some Christians have allowed themselves to be caught up with the commercialism of the festivities, reducing it to a time of merriment.
It is that commercialism and dishonest trade (see Amos 8:5) that Jesus wants to drive out as incompatible with the sacredness of divine worship and its venue.
Our introduction to the European way of doing things, commercialism, capitalism, ownership of land and resources, religion and how the foreigners saw reality was very different from what we knew and practised.
Basketball is a fast-paced, airborne conversation about race, about commercialism, about globalization (Exhibit A: China) — but all, still, from a very American perspective.
That’s why, we’ve chosen a different route, stripping away everything we dislike about this field — the flat commercialism and exclusionary elitism — until only the best remained: the creative process itself,” added Kuryshchuk.
But it’s been criticized by child advocates for its commercialism and for the failures of its automated screening.
Not all of that commercialism,” said Dottie Sinclair, 57, a nurse, adding a Subway fast-food restaurant was the only commercial chain.
The media is pandering to officialdom and commercialism.
Being a maverick who always defied mainstream commercialism, Żuławski enjoyed success mostly with the European art-house audiences.
Like Dada before it, Fluxus included a strong current of anti-commercialism and an anti-art sensibility, disparaging the conventional market-driven art world in favor of an artist-centered creative practice.
Like Zoo TV, it poked fun at pop culture and was intended as a send-up of commercialism.
Most of these revivalist skinheads reacted to the commercialism of punk by adopting a look that was in line with the original 1969 skinhead style.
Not long after he began drawing his "Dinosaurs in Rocket Ships" series, Calvin tells Hobbes: Calvin: The hard part for us avant-garde post-modern artists is deciding whether or not to embrace commercialism.
Soon after her arrival, however, the Brazilian press began criticizing Miranda for giving in to American commercialism and projecting a negative image of Brazil.
They inspire and transcend and stimulate and by doing so, only help others to see pure light and in doing that, put an end to this dull taste of petty commercialism which is being passed off as Artist Art by the overpowering mass media.
Common combinations with commercialism
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- commercialism and 4×
- of commercialism 2×
- the commercialism 2×
- commercialism of 2×
- that commercialism 2×