commodification

English

Etymology

commodify +‎ -ification

Noun

commodification (countable and uncountable, plural commodifications)

  1. The assignment of a commercial value to something previously valueless.
    • 2006 Ross Haenfler - Straight Edge: Hardcore Punk, Clean-Living Youth, and Social Change
      Subcultures tend to go through continual cycles of commodification and resistance to that commodification.

Usage notes

Sometimes used interchangeably with commoditization, sometimes distinguished to have a sense of “non-commercial good becoming commercial”; see commoditize#Usage notes.

Synonyms
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