Synonyms of commodify

commodify

verb

as in to exploit

disapproving to treat (something that cannot be owned or that everyone has a right to) like a product that can be bought and sold

Do we really want to commodify our water supply?

I feel like our culture is being commodified.

Related Words

• exploit
• manipulate
• abuse
• commercialize
• use
• leverage
• pimp
• impose (on or upon)
• milk
• play (on or upon)
• cash in (on)
• mistreat
• capitalize (on)
• work
• cheat
• jerk around
• bleed
• soak
• skin
• overcharge
• stick
• fleece

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of commodify

Or will the troves of data being amassed on nonhuman animals be used to further commodify and objectify them? —David Gruber, Time, 24 Apr. 2025

Publicis and other advertising firms argue that these new AI tools makes marketing more relevant to customers and less wasteful, but regulators — particularly in Europe — remain wary of systems that commodify vast amounts of personal data. —Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025

If the sole aim of a company is to profit, extraction and exploitation become the norm as businesses seek new resources to commodify The theory of shareholder wealth maximization has, in recent years, been met with significant scrutiny. —Aissa Dearing, JSTOR Daily, 9 Jan. 2025

Far from democratizing creativity, these projects frequently centralize authority and commodify the works of individual creators. —Virginie Berger, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024