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anticommercialism

anticommercialism noun: an ideology that opposes commercialism.

Noun

anticommercialism (uncountable)

  1. An ideology that opposes commercialism.
    • Unstructured gigs at the city’s acid-drenched ballrooms encouraged epic jams of the sort perfected by the Grateful Dead, Big Brother and the Holding Company, and the Jefferson Airplane, along with a naïve anticommercialism — hit singles were for the hacks in Laurel Canyon.2007 June 9, Michael Walker, “(Don’t Go Back to) San Francisco”, in New York Times

Origin of anticommercialism

From anticommercial + -ism.

Questions about anticommercialism

What does anticommercialism mean?
Anticommercialism means an ideology that opposes commercialism.
What part of speech is anticommercialism?
Anticommercialism is a noun.

Words near anticommercialism in the dictionary

  1. anticomic
  2. anticommandeering
  3. anticommensal
  4. anticommerce
  5. anticommercial
  6. anticommercialism
  7. anticommercialization
  8. anticommie
  9. anticommies
  10. anticommission
  11. anticommodification

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