full employment

noun

An economic situation in which there is no cyclical unemployment.

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Meanings

nounfull employment (uncountable)
  1. uncountableeconomicsAn economic situation in which there is no cyclical unemployment.

    ... not at the time recognized that this was a basic departure from the Keynesian view in which both of these full employments were regarded as identical.

    1979, James H. Gapinski with Charles Edward Rockwood and Abba Ptachya Lerner, Essays in post-Keynesian inflation, page 272

Translations

Finnish täystyöllisyys
  • täystyöllisyysTranslations
French plein-emploi
  • plein-emploiTranslations
Irish lánfhostaíocht
  • lánfhostaíochtTranslations
Polish pełne zatrudnienie
  • pełne zatrudnienieTranslations
Spanish pleno empleo
  • pleno empleoTranslations
Swedish full sysselsättning
  • full sysselsättningTranslations
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APA

full employment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/full%20employment

MLA

“full employment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/full%20employment. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “full employment,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/full%20employment.

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