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  • noun Making something casual.

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Examples

  • Despite the upheaval resulting from the arrival of Business Casual in the workplace and what has been described as the casualization of America, women rising through management ranks stick to their suits.

    “I Don’t Have a Thing to Wear” Judie Taggart 2003

  • Despite the upheaval resulting from the arrival of Business Casual in the workplace and what has been described as the casualization of America, women rising through management ranks stick to their suits.

    “I Don’t Have a Thing to Wear” Judie Taggart 2003

  • The heyday of panthose were the 1970s and 1980s but apparently sales have declined since the 1990s "casualization" of the workplace.

    Boing Boing 2009

  • There's another effect of this "casualization" though, rooted deeply in racism and classism.

    Shakesville 2009

  • There's another effect of this "casualization" though, rooted deeply in racism and classism.

    Shakesville 2009

  • In his Wednesday column, New York Post curmudgeon Steve Cuozzo railed against the "casualization" and loungification of New York City restaurants.

    Eater National 2009

  • And then we have the 'casualization' of our culture.

    unknown title 2009

  • Of course, 'casualization' is hardly limited to India or to informal sectors of large economies.

    Far Outliers 2008

  • While his main theme is academic freedom, he is able to locate this central educational value at the intersection of several interlocking forces: privatization, casualization, corporatization, and globalization.

    Bob Samuels: Will Tenure Survive? On Cary Nelson's No University Is an Island 2010

  • This casualization of the academic labor force has not helped higher education.

    Where's My Professor? Ellen Schrecker 2010

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