overcommercialization

noun

over·​com·​mer·​cial·​i·​za·​tion ¦ō-vər-kə-ˌmər-sh(ə-)lə-¦zā-shən 

-shə-ˌlī-¦zā-

variants or over-commercialization

: excessive commercialization

the overcommercialization of holidays and sporting events

overcommercialize verb, transitive + intransitive

overcommercialized; overcommercializing; overcommercializes

Word History

First Known Use

1910, in the meaning defined above

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Rhymes for overcommercialization

• deindustrialization
• immunoprecipitation
• individualisation
• individualization
• institutionalisation
• institutionalization
• internationalization
• neovascularization
• operationalization
• abbreviation
• abomination
• acceleration