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commodity fetishism

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The perception of the social relationships involved in production as economic relationships among the money and commodities exchanged in market trade, instead of as relationships among people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Marxism, uncountable

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  • Chinese Mandarin: 商品拜物教 (shāngpǐn bàiwùjiào) — commodity fetishism
  • Dutch: warenfetisjisme — commodity fetishism
  • Finnish: tavarafetisismi — commodity fetishism
  • German: Warenfetisch — commodity fetishism
  • German: Warenfetischismus — commodity fetishism
  • Russian: това́рный фетиши́зм (továrnyj fetišízm) — commodity fetishism
  • Spanish: fetichismo de la mercancía — commodity fetishism
  • Turkish: meta fetişizmi — commodity fetishism
  • Vietnamese: bái vật giáo hàng hoá — commodity fetishism
  • Vietnamese: sự sùng bái hàng hoá — commodity fetishism