noun

• The process of managing or running something principally for financial gain.

  ‘the escalating commercialization of athletics’

  More example sentences

  • ‘rapid commercialization across the art world’
  • ‘He once let the artist close his gallery for a month to protest the commercialization of art.’
  • ‘The commercialization of the university is a serious threat.’
  • ‘With commercialization, the box office directly determines the financial state of a film studio.’
  • ‘The council reported that he had provided a compelling case to give the green light for carefully managed commercialization.’
  • ‘The 20th century saw an ever-increasing institutionalization and commercialization of music.’
  • ‘In the early 1850s, the photographic medium was new, open, and free from commercialization.’
  • ‘Renovated pilot plants will serve as a bridge between invention and commercialization.’
  • ‘This brings the company one step closer to the country's first commercialization of a drug-producing food crop.’
  • ‘The public dialogue reported general unease and little support for early commercialization of genetically modified crops.’
  • ‘We all benefit from policies that encourage entrepreneurial spirit and assist the commercialization of new technologies.’