casinoization
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
casinoization (uncountable)
- The process of turning something into a casino, or introducing elements akin to casino gambling.
- 1990, Southern Social Studies Journal:
- Have we witnessed the "casinoization" of Wall Street with its emphasis on short-term returns on investments?
- 2006, Rosemary Geisdorfer Feal, Profession 2006, page 200:
- But for many less-well-off writers, such fees have moved out of range. It is difficult to know what is lost through this rapid casinoization of the literary marketplace, but I suspect a substantial degree of diversity of voice and perspective has gone missing.
- 2019, Kate Bedford, Bingo Capitalism:
- Rather, the casinoization of gambling debates under New Labour reflected and reinforced a significant reorientation in political economic approach, involving the unabashed celebration of corporate leisure spectacles […]