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uberisation

uberisation noun: non-Oxford British standard spelling of Uberization.

Noun (1)

uberisation (uncountable)

  1. Non-Oxford British standard spelling of Uberization.
    • While commentators deplored the thuggery of some cabdrivers, they deplored “L’uberisation” even more. “The uberisation of the economy is a godless and lawless development model,” wrote Jean-Michel Bouguereau in La République des Pyrénées.2015 July 4, Maureen Dowd, “Paris When It Sizzles”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Noun (2) capitalized: Uberisation

Uberisation (uncountable)

  1. Non-Oxford British standard spelling of Uberization.
    • 'This 'Uberisation of domestic work' can offer some benefits, (but) it also risks further entrenching a culture of low incomes, insecurity and discrimination,' said the study by the UK's Overseas Development Institute (ODI).2016 December 20, MailOnline India, “Digital Slavery? Uber-style domestic work apps in India risks 'entrenching' culture of low income, insecurity and discrimination”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG...
    • A new network of banks should fund “co-operatively owned Ubers and Airbnbs” to take on the giants of the gig economy and stop the “Uberisation” of the workplace, the shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, has said.2017 February 17, Jessica Elgot, “John McDonnell: We must stop ‘Uberisation’ of the workplace”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from...

Origin of uberisation

From Uber + -isation.

Questions about uberisation

What does uberisation mean?
Uberisation means non-Oxford British standard spelling of Uberization.
What part of speech is uberisation?
Uberisation is a noun.

Words near uberisation in the dictionary

  1. ubergeek
  2. ubergeeks
  3. ubergeeky
  4. Uberification
  5. ubering
  6. uberisation
  7. uberise
  8. uberised
  9. uberises
  10. uberising
  11. uberization

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Adapted from Wiktionary: uberisation (page history and authors); Uberisation (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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