Starbucksification
Starbucksification noun: the increased homogeneity of an area as a result of big business, to the detriment of local character and diversity.
Noun
Starbucksification (uncountable)
- The increased homogeneity of an area as a result of big business, to the detriment of local character and diversity.
- In what might be seen as a move to promote salon-style discussions or a result of society's Starbucksification, a self-serve, push-button cappuccino, latte, and espresso machine came fall quarter to the Bartlett Dining Commons.2004, The University of Chicago Magazine, volume 97, page 18
- It leads to chainstores swallowing up individual enterprises; it leads to the phenomenon, recently labelled 'clone towns' in the UK, whereby every high street looks pretty much like every other high street. It leads to the Starbucksification of the world […]2007, Tom Hodgkinson, How To Be Free
Origin of Starbucksification
From Starbucks + -ification, named after the American coffee company and coffeehouse chain.
Questions about Starbucksification
- What does Starbucksification mean?
- Starbucksification means the increased homogeneity of an area as a result of big business, to the detriment of local character and diversity.
- What part of speech is Starbucksification?
- Starbucksification is a noun.
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