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casinoization en · NOUN

Etymology

From casino + -ization.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The process of turning something into a casino, or introducing elements akin to casino gambling.
    • The concept of casinoization refers to social, economic, cultural, and political consequences of the booming gambling industry in a specific society. 2023 July 5, Tang In Lao, Jianhua Xu, “How Casinoization Affects the Police in Macao”, in Asian Journal of Law and Society, volume 11, number 1, page 3:
    • Have we witnessed the "casinoization" of Wall Street with its emphasis on short-term returns on investments? 1990, Southern Social Studies Journal:
    • 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 […] 2019, Kate Bedford, Bingo Capitalism:
    • 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. 2006, Rosemary Geisdorfer Feal, Profession 2006, page 200: