"consumerization" meaning in English

See consumerization in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: consumerizations [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *nem-? Proto-Indo-European *h₁em-der. Proto-Italic *emō Latin emō Latin sūmō Latin cōnsūmōder. Old French consumerbor. Middle English consumen English consume Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English consumer Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tisder. Proto-Italic *-tjō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization ▲ English consumer ▲ English -ize English consumerize ▲ English -ation English consumerization From consumer + -ization or consumerize + -ation. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:af|consumer|-ization|:af|consumerize|-ation|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *nem-? Proto-Indo-European *h₁em-der. Proto-Italic *emō Latin emō Latin sūmō Latin cōnsūmōder. Old French consumerbor. Middle English consumen English consume Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English consumer Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tisder. Proto-Italic *-tjō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization ▲ English consumer ▲ English -ize English consumerize ▲ English -ation English consumerization, {{suffix|en|consumer|ization}} consumer + -ization, {{suffix|en|consumerize|ation}} consumerize + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} consumerization (countable and uncountable, plural consumerizations)
  1. (uncountable) The process of consumerizing. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-consumerization-en-noun-ZtxGdzzf Categories (other): English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ation, English terms suffixed with -ization, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 77 23 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ation: 79 21 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ization: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 84 16
  2. (countable, rare) An instance of that process. Tags: countable, rare
    Sense id: en-consumerization-en-noun-4QDl-rqH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: consumerism, commercialization, commodification, commoditization, productization

Inflected forms

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