commercialism

Example Sentences

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Once tourist fodder, the musical has remained a byword for hokey commercialism.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

They say the commercialism behind the movies is unimportant for an ordinary viewer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

The lights are up and the baubles are out: with trees across the country already decorated and on display, there has been some traditional grumbling about whether commercialism means it gets earlier every year.

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2025

It won a Grammy Award in 1991, although O’Connor boycotted the ceremony over what she called the show’s excessive commercialism.

From New York Times • Jul. 27, 2023

At the outset, he shared the university scientist’s traditional antipathy to the patent process, so redolent of commercialism and so distinctly unacademic.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik