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The noun INSTRUMENTALISM has 1 sense: 1. a system of pragmatic philosophy that considers idea to be instruments that should guide our actions and their value is measured by their success. Familiarity information: INSTRUMENTALISM used as a noun is very rare.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Commercialism. Commercialism is the application of both manufacturing and consumption towards personal usage, or the practices, methods, aims, and spirit of free enterprise geared toward generating profit. Commercialism can also be used in a negative connotation to refer to the possibility within open-market capitalism to exploit objects, people, and/or the environment for private gain for the purpose of generating profit.