English

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:

     [<span title="Since Puritan times, America has declared itself exceptional in the eyes of God and man – that great sloganeer Ronald Reagan cribbed from Lincoln's famous phrase when he called it "the last best hope of man on earth" – and">…] 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

See also

• Commodification on Wikipedia.Wikipedia