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artificial scarcity

artificial scarcity noun: scarcity of items despite the available technology for production or the sufficient capacity for sharing.

Noun

artificial scarcity (countable and uncountable, plural artificial scarcities)

  1. Scarcity of items despite the available technology for production or the sufficient capacity for sharing.

Forms of artificial scarcity

pluralartificial scarcities

Questions about artificial scarcity

What does artificial scarcity mean?
Artificial scarcity means scarcity of items despite the available technology for production or the sufficient capacity for sharing.
What part of speech is artificial scarcity?
Artificial scarcity is a noun.
What is the plural of artificial scarcity?
The plural of artificial scarcity is artificial scarcities.

Words near artificial scarcity in the dictionary

  1. artificial respiration
  2. artificial respirations
  3. artificial rice
  4. artificial satellite
  5. artificial satellites
  6. artificial scarcity
  7. artificial script
  8. artificial scripts
  9. artificial selection
  10. artificial stupidity
  11. artificial superintelligence

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