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commodification | commodify | Derived terms |

Commodification is a derived term of commodify.


As a noun commodification

is the assignment of a commercial value to something previously valueless.

As a verb commodify is

to make something into a commodity, sometimes at the expense of its intrinsic value.

commodification

English

Noun

(wikipedia commodification)
  • The assignment of a commercial value to something previously valueless.
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    • commodify

    English

    Verb

  • To make something into a commodity, sometimes at the expense of its intrinsic value.
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    Synonyms

    * commoditize

    Derived terms

    * commodification * commodificational

    Related terms

    * decommodify

    See also

    * (Commodification)