consumerize
verbEtymology From consumer + -ize.
1
To turn into a consumer.
2
To make suitable for mass consumption; to convert to a consumer-oriented product or service (as when an industrial, professional, or business-to-business product or service enters the consumer market).
- Mechanical refrigeration and air conditioning were commercialized decades before they were consumerized.
- Nikon has tried to consumerize an existing S.L.R.; Canon has tried to S.L.R.-ize an existing consumer camera.2009 April 16, David Pogue, “The Quest to Shrink the S.L.R.”, in New York Times:
- Related terms
- consumerism, consumerization, commercialize, commodify, commoditize, productize