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casinoization

casinoization noun: the process of turning something into a casino, or introducing elements akin to casino gambling.

Noun

casinoization (uncountable)

  1. The process of turning something into a casino, or introducing elements akin to casino gambling.
    • Have we witnessed the "casinoization" of Wall Street with its emphasis on short-term returns on investments?1990, Southern Social Studies Journal
    • But for many less-well-off writers, such fees have moved out of range. It is difficult to know what is lost through this rapid casinoization of the literary marketplace, but I suspect a substantial degree of diversity of voice and perspective has gone missing.2006, Rosemary Geisdorfer Feal, Profession 2006, page 200

Origin of casinoization

From casino + -ization.

Questions about casinoization

What does casinoization mean?
Casinoization means the process of turning something into a casino, or introducing elements akin to casino gambling.
What part of speech is casinoization?
Casinoization is a noun.

Words near casinoization in the dictionary

  1. casino capitalism
  2. casino capitalisms
  3. casino hotel
  4. casino hotels
  5. casinoes
  6. casinoization
  7. casinoless
  8. casinolike
  9. casinos
  10. Casinsin
  11. Casiongan

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