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casualisations

casualisations is the plural of casualisation.

Meaning of casualisation

Noun

casualisation (countable and uncountable, plural casualisations)

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

Questions about casualisations

What is casualisations the plural of?
Casualisations is the plural of casualisation.

Words near casualisations in the dictionary

  1. casual sex
  2. casual ward
  3. casual wards
  4. casual water
  5. casualisation
  6. casualisations
  7. casualise
  8. casualised
  9. casualises
  10. casualising
  11. casualism

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