flexicurity

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noun

A welfare state model with a proactive labour market policy, combining easy hiring and firing (flexibility for employers) and high benefits for the unemployed (security for the employees).

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Meanings

nounflexicurity (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA welfare state model with a proactive labour market policy, combining easy hiring and firing (flexibility for employers) and high benefits for the unemployed (security for the employees).

Origin

Blend of flexibility + security, coined by Danish prime minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen in the 1990s.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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