Verb
To turn into a consumer.
Usage- Transitive
To make suitable for mass consumption; to convert to a consumer-oriented product or service (as when an industrial, professional, or business-to-business product or service enters the consumer market).
Usage- Transitive
- Examples
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Mechanical refrigeration and air conditioning were commercialized decades before they were consumerized.
Nikon has tried to consumerize an existing S.L.R.; Canon has tried to S.L.R.-ize an existing consumer camera.