commodification

[ kuh-mod-uh-fi-key-shuhn ]

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noun

the act or fact of turning something into an item that can be bought and sold:
The commodification of water means that access is available only to those who can pay.
the act or fact of exploiting a person or thing for profit:
Some of the tourism to developing countries risks becoming a commodification of culture and poverty.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of commodification¹

commod(ity) ( def ) + -i- ( def ) + -fication ( def )

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So this kind of logic of capture, enclosure and commodification is the rationale that binds together all of the world-building of “Sleep Dealer.”

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With his target in sight, Bong spends two hours taking swipes at Trump, ethnic cleansing, the elite’s response to airborne pathogens, human commodification and white people’s disgusting obsession with putrid sauces.

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The keen and talented whites who can mimic this commodification of Blackness pull off a second abduction and enslavement in many ways.

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We find ourselves evaluating ourselves like products, and that commodification is soulless.

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The commodification of Los Angeles and Hollywood, and the rising population, has made the city an expensive place to live.

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