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casualization

 noun
     
cas‧u‧al‧i‧za‧tion also casualisation British English [uncountable]
1 a tendency to make things less formal in places where people work, for example by allowing office workers to wear informal clothes
2 a tendency for companies to use temporary workers instead of permanent ones
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