McDonaldization

noun

Etymology

From McDonald's + -ization. Popularized by the American sociologist George Ritzer in his book The McDonaldization of Society (1993), based on an essay of the same title he published in 1983.

Definitions

  1. The process by which institutions in society become standardized and focused on…

    The process by which institutions in society become standardized and focused on efficiency and predictability.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for McDonaldization. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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