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commercialism

/kuh-mur-shuh-liz-uhm/US // kəˈmɜr ʃəˌlɪz əm //UK // (kəˈmɜːʃəˌlɪzəm) //

商业主义,商业精神,商业化,商业性

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the principles, practices, and spirit of commerce.
    • : a commercial attitude in noncommercial affairs; inappropriate or excessive emphasis on profit, success, or immediate results.
    • : a commercial custom or expression.

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Examples

  • According to another Times article from that first year, concerns over “excessive commercialism” caused plans to feature two large Pepsi Cola signs at the finish to be scrapped, which, from a present vantage, feels endearingly quaint.

  • Amidst the pandemic, college sports commercialism and economic injustice, loom large.

  • Bashing commercialism at a commercial gathering would be ridiculous.

  • Wilde deplored American commercialism and vulgarity, but he admired American simplicity and decency.

  • The choice to paint Pamela Anderson shows just how intertwined with commercialism her work has become.

  • It is a genuine old border town, so far unspoiled by commercialism.

  • It was a fine and inspiring example to other States engaged in a warfare against the devastating hand of commercialism (applause).

  • But then came Germany, with her newly developed commercialism, shoving her rival out of the way.

  • We went to war against German militarism, and to make the world safe for democracy—meaning thereby capitalist commercialism.

  • His racial Jewish commercialism made the antagonism of property and labour very plain to him.