commodityism

English

Etymology

From commodity +‎ -ism.

Noun

commodityism (uncountable)

1. The adoption of special legislation for specific commodities such as cotton or tobacco.
   • 1948, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, Long-range Agricultural Policy and Program, volumes 1-2, page 353:

     I do not want to raise the question of sectionalism or commodityism in this committee, but I am afraid the soundness of these loans to our basic commodities is becoming in ill repute in some sections of the country because of their use.

   • 1959, Roland Eugene Richter, The American Farm Bureau and the New Deal, page 35:

     "Commodityism" was not eradicated by any single measure of the Farm Bureau in the thirties. It continued as a recurrent problem.

Related terms

• commodification
• commoditization