commercialization
nounUK /kəˌmɜːʃəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/ · CA, US /kəˌmɝʃəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
Etymology From commercialize + -ation or commercial + -ization.
1
The act of commercializing.
- Near-synonym: productization
- Lowering prices for humanoids would mark a major step to their eventual commercialization and wider adoption.2025 March 25, John Liu, “Elon Musk thinks robots are a $10 trillion business. He’s got some competition from China”, in CNN, archived from the original on 20 Jun 2025:
- Derived terms
- anticommercialization, decommercialization, overcommercialization
- Related terms
- commercialize, commodification, commoditization, consumerization