commodification
UK/kəˌmɒ.dɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/US/kəˌmɑ.dɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
commodification noun: the assignment of a commercial value to something previously without such value.
Noun
commodification (countable and uncountable, plural commodifications)
- The assignment of a commercial value to something previously without such value.
- Near-synonyms: commercialization, monetization
- Subcultures tend to go through continual cycles of commodification and resistance to that commodification.2006, Ross Haenfler, Straight Edge: Hardcore Punk, Clean-Living Youth, and Social Change
- Synonyms:
- commercialization, monetization
- The transformation from being commercialized on a nonfungible basis into becoming a commodity that is fungible.
- A company that innovates to achieve the commercialization of a technology often must shift strategy some decades later in response to the advent of that technology's commodification.
- Synonyms:
- commoditization
commodification meaning in Tamil
commodification in Tamil
- பொருட்பாடாக்கம், வணிகப்பாடாக்கம்
Synonyms of commodification
Forms of commodification
| plural | commodifications |
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Origin of commodification
From commodify + -ification.
Words formed from commodification
Words that rhyme with commodification
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
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- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about commodification
- What does commodification mean?
- Commodification means the assignment of a commercial value to something previously without such value.
- What is commodification in Tamil?
- Commodification in Tamil is பொருட்பாடாக்கம், வணிகப்பாடாக்கம். See Commodification meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is commodification?
- Commodification is a noun.
- How do you pronounce commodification?
- Commodification is pronounced /kəˌmɒ.dɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of commodification?
- The plural of commodification is commodifications.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: commodification (page history and authors); commodification (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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