- commodification
-
The assignment of a commercial value to something previously valueless.
Subcultures tend to go through continual cycles of commodification and resistance to that commodifcation.
Wikipedia foundation.
commodification
Look at other dictionaries:
commodification — commodification, commoditization Within Marxist theory this refers to the production of commodities for exchange (via the market ) as opposed to direct use by the producer. It signals the conversion of use values into exchange values and heralds… … Dictionary of sociology
commodification — 1968, from COMMODITY (Cf. commodity) + FICATION (Cf. fication). Originally in Marxist political theory, the assignment of a market value, often to something the user of the word feels would be better left without one … Etymology dictionary
Commodification — Part of a series on Marxism … Wikipedia
commodification — commodify ► VERB (commodifies, commodified) ▪ turn into or treat as a mere commodity. DERIVATIVES commodification noun … English terms dictionary
Commodification of water — The Commodification of water refers to the process of transforming water from a public good into a tradable commodity also known as an economic good. This transformation introduces water to previously unencumbered market forces in the hope of… … Wikipedia
Commodification of nature — The commodification of nature is an area of research within critical environmental studies concerned with the ways in which natural entities and processes are made exchangeable through the market, and the implications thereof. Drawing upon the… … Wikipedia
commodification — noun see commodify … New Collegiate Dictionary
commodification — See commodifiable. * * * … Universalium
commodification — n. act of turning something into a commodity … English contemporary dictionary
commodification — com·mod·i·fi·ca·tion … English syllables
