commodify

See also: commoditize

English

Etymology

commodity +‎ -ify

Verb

commodify (third-person singular simple present commodifies, present participle commodifying, simple past and past participle commodified)

1. To make something into a commodity, sometimes at the expense of its intrinsic value.
   • 2009 January 17, John R. MacArthur, “Hope as a commodity”, in Toronto Star‎^[1]:

     […] it's only in America that a lovely feeling such as hope can be commodified so expertly, so cynically.

Usage notes

Sometimes used interchangeably with commoditize, sometimes distinguished to have a sense of “non-commercial good becoming commercial”; see commoditize#Usage notes.

Synonyms

• commercialize
• commoditize

Derived terms

• commodification
• commodificational

Related terms

• decommodify

Translations

to make something a commodity

• German: kommodifizieren
• Hindi: बाज़ारीकरण m (bāzārīkraṇ)
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• Korean: 상품화하다 (sangpumhwa-hada)
• Portuguese: comercializar (pt)

See also

• Commodification on Wikipedia.Wikipedia