dislocation

/ˌdɪsləʊˈkeɪʃən/ noun [C or U] ECONOMICS

Definition

› a situation in which a person or thing, such as an industry or economy, is no longer working in the usual way or place: There is a lot of dislocation, and we have increasing numbers of families who are falling into hard times.economic/market dislocation There are fears that globalization is causing serious economic dislocation as competition intensifies and trade imbalances grow.

dislocated adjective › The agency is determining how the meltdown in the local steel industry will translate into dislocated workers in other industries.

(Definition of dislocation noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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