casualisation

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noun

The process by which employment shifts from a preponderance of full-time and permanent or contract positions to higher levels of casual positions.

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Meanings

nouncasualisation (countable and uncountable, plural casualisations)

plural casualisations

  1. countableuncountableeconomicsThe process by which employment shifts from a preponderance of full-time and permanent or contract positions to higher levels of casual positions.
  2. countableuncountableThe process of making anything casual.

    While there are some Cockney elements observable in northern English (such as /t/ fronting), other regions of Britain have manifested their own casualisations of RP towards the local vernaculars. So people talk of 'posh Geordie', 'posh Brummy', 'posh Scouse', 'posh Yorkshire Leeds' and so on […]

    2002, Peter Stockwell, Sociolinguistics: A Resource Book for Students, page 40

Origin

From casual + -isation.

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Translations

Catalan precarització
  • precaritzacióthe increase of precarious work in the labour market
French précarisation
  • précarisationthe increase of precarious work in the labour market
Italian precarizzazione
  • precarizzazionethe increase of precarious work in the labour market
Portuguese precarização
  • precarizaçãothe increase of precarious work in the labour market
Spanish precarización
  • precarizaciónthe increase of precarious work in the labour market
Cite this entry
APA

casualisation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/casualisation

MLA

“casualisation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/casualisation. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “casualisation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/casualisation.

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