commercialistic

adjective

Definition of commercialisticnext
as in materialistic

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commercialistic
  1. materialistic
  2. avaricious
  3. mercenary
  4. acquisitive
  5. eager
  6. desirous
  7. surface
  8. grasping
Adjective
  • On a date, people are dressed up and act a certain way; maybe being a bit materialistic.
    Arielle Domb, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Another is with their adoptive family, which is made up of an uptight aunt, a materialistic uncle, and seven snide cousins.
    Mia Taylor, Parents, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of materialistic
Adjective
  • Stalin’s apprenticeship in high-stakes diplomacy had shown him to be cunning but also opportunistic, avaricious, obdurate.
    Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 19 Sep. 2017
  • Few places in the U.S. are more fraught with unresolved tension than South Dakota’s Black Hills, land stolen from the Sioux after treaties had been signed in order for avaricious Americans to pursue gold.
    Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 7 July 2024
Definition of avaricious
Adjective
  • The fourth season of Apple TV+’s Slow Horses concludes with a big ol’ reveal: Frank Harkness, the rogue intelligence operative our titular bargain-bin agents have been chasing the whole time, isn’t just the head of a mercenary cabal staffed with men he’s brainwashed since childhood.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
  • While the case was first opened in 2020, when Google blocked channels that then belonged to Wagner Group mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and oligarch Konstantin Malofeev, it was expanded when YouTube banned further channels after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
    David Hodari, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of mercenary
Adjective
  • But the dealer’s acquisitive focus often operated as a Midas touch, turning those around him into golden objects.
    Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The aggregator continues to be acquisitive of other Shopify brands in categories such as health, apparel and consumer electronics, Rabois says.
    Richard Collings, Axios, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of acquisitive
Adjective
  • Some eager District 9 voters arrived at St. Bernard Catholic Church before the polls opened at 7 a.m., volunteer greeter Bob Klein of Appleton said.
    Madison Lammert, Journal Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Even at 31, clad in saggy suit pants, Kirk has the affect of an eager college conservative.
    Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of eager
Adjective
  • The mainstay here will be the use of generative AI to aid humans who are desirous of carrying out a forgive-and-forget.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
  • One corporate communications professional says that CEOs, once desirous of a faceless chief comms officer, now lean toward someone who has the regular experience of dealing with the press, whether at a White House briefing or, even more importantly, on a campaign.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 18 June 2024
Definition of desirous
Adjective
  • Yet the show somehow manages to add depth to its seemingly surface sartorial choices.
    Time, Time, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The battery life alone (23 minutes and 30 seconds) makes this one of the best cordless vacuums, but there are some additional unique features that helped this Eureka multi-surface model stand out to us.
    Alida Nugent, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Mar. 2023
Definition of surface
Adjective
  • But, like much of the Bronx, it was erased by the city’s tightly grasping infrastructure fingers.
    Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
  • Unlike most other camp movies, this one isn’t about preserving and revering childhood, but the sloppy, grasping, wonderful transition to adulthood.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 31 May 2024
Definition of grasping
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commercialism

commercialistic

commercialize

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“Commercialistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commercialistic. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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