English

Noun

commodification ‎(countable and uncountable, plural commodifications)

1. The assignment of a commercial value to something previously valueless.
   • 2006 Ross Haenfler - Straight Edge: Hardcore Punk, Clean-Living Youth, and Social Change

     Subcultures tend to go through continual cycles of commodification and resistance to that commodification.

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

• commercialization
• commoditization