What is another word for commercialized?

Pronunciation: [kəmˈɜːʃə͡lˌa͡ɪzd] (IPA)

Commercialized refers to something that has been turned into a product for sale to the public. Synonyms for this word include "marketed," "monetized," "sold," "promoted," "capitalized," "exploited," and "merchandized." These words can describe anything that has been taken from a creative work or a personal passion and turned into a product for profit. In a negative connotation, commercialization can strip away authenticity and turn something special into a mundane commodity. On the other hand, commercialization can also be viewed as a positive thing. It can mean that something previously unknown is now accessible to a wide audience, which can bring joy and happiness to more people.

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What are the opposite words for commercialized?

"Commercialized" is a term used to describe a product, service, or activity that has been adapted, formatted, or altered for mass consumption or profitability. The opposite of this term is "uncommercialized," which means that a product, service or activity has not been altered or manipulated for commercial purposes. Uncommercialized products are often unique and authentic, with individuality and artistic value preserved. Other antonyms for "commercialized" include "nonprofit," "noncommercial," "traditional," and "genuine." These terms are often used to describe goods or services that exist outside of the mainstream, and are centered around ethical or cultural values rather than financial gain.

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Usage examples for Commercialized

Letters had long since ceased to come from Aunt Jerry Darby to her niece, although in a friendly and patiently expectant form Eugene Wellington wrote beautiful missives breathing more and more of commercialized ideals and less and less of esthetic dreams, and not at all of the faith that had marked the spiritual refinement of his young manhood.
"The Reclaimers"
Margaret Hill McCarter
We have frequently emphasized how truly the modern Celtic peasant in certain non-commercialized localities has kept to the faith of his pagan ancestors, while the learned Christian scribes have often departed widely from it.
"The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries"
W. Y. Evans Wentz
The average New Yorker would hear with surprise from the Rockefeller Report on commercialized Prostitution in New York City that the commission has visited in Manhattan a hundred and forty parlour houses, twenty of which were known to the trade as fifty-cent houses, eighty as one-dollar houses, six as two-dollar houses, and thirty-four as five-and ten-dollar houses.
"Psychology and Social Sanity"
Hugo Münsterberg

Famous quotes with Commercialized

  • I think that for the most part, when I started doing comedy, it had become very commercialized.
    Larry David
  • I am still a victim of chess. It has all the beauty of art - and much more. It cannot be commercialized. Chess is much purer than art in its social position.
    Marcel Duchamp
  • We don't have truth delivered to us very often, especially in this very commercialized world.
    Hal Holbrook
  • I've never seen a worse situation than that of young writers in the United States. The publishing business in North America is so commercialized.
    Manuel Puig

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