Definition of commodification in English:
commodification
noun kəˌmɒdɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)nkəˌmädəfəˈkāSH(ə)n
mass nounThe action or process of treating something as a mere commodity.
the commodification of knowledge
Example sentencesExamples
- The commodification of leisure in particular is central to the second chapter.
- Binding us all into a system that is read by computers the world over, the barcode speaks of a commodification of more than goods.
- She is incapable of personal growth because she refuses to face her own commodification and its internalization.
- The trouble with commodification is that there are just some things you can't and shouldn't put a price on.
- Commodification plays a crucial role in the creation of a self-referential subjectivity in the 17th century.
- The inability of the art establishment to reinvent itself is inextricably tied to the commodification of art.
- This ebullient crime caper is the author's bemused look at the commodification of history.
- It's an action adventure that has at its heart the commodification of human beings through cloning.
- It was a century of unparalleled global expansion of cities, with an attendant acceleration of the process of commodification.
- The commodification of life, while outwardly pretty, has no soul.