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COMMERCIALISM
commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
(noun) transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
commercialism (countable and uncountable, plural commercialisms)
The practices, methods, aims, and spirit of commerce or business.
A tendency to value profit over everything else.
Source: Wiktionary
Com*mer"cial*ism, n.
Definition: The commercial spirit or method. C. Kingsley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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AROMATIC
(adjective) (chemistry) of or relating to or containing one or more benzene rings; “an aromatic organic compound”
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