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单词 mcdonaldization
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McDonaldizationn.

Brit. /məkˌdɒnldʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /məkˌdɑnəl(d)əˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /məkˌdɑnəlˌdaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/
Forms: 1900s– McDonaldisation, 1900s– McDonaldization.
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name McDonald's , -ization suffix.
Etymology: < the name of the McDonald's Corporation (see McDonald's n.) + -ization suffix. Compare later McDonaldize v.
The spread of influence of the type of efficient, standardized, corporate business or culture regarded as epitomized by the McDonald's restaurant chain. More widely: the spread of the influence of American culture.
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1975 J. Hightower Eat your Heart Out x. 237 The McDonaldization of America... Not only are hams becoming uniformly bland, but so is American taste. Not only are local beers disappearing, but so is local identity.
1977 Business Week 18 Apr. 83/1 Ralph Nader predicted that an EFT network ‘would result in the McDonaldization of the banking industry’.
1989 Managem. Today July 69/2 The key, in Heinz terms, is ‘the McDonaldisation of Asia’, or put a little more elegantly, the acceptance of Western eating habits as prosperity in the continent grows.
1991 C. Paglia in Arion Spring 186 The McDonaldization of the profession means standardized, interchangeable outlets, briskly efficient academics who think alike and sound alike.
1994 Daily Tel. 16 Mar. 23/6 In both papers, there is much anxious justification of the ‘McDonaldisation’ of Prague. It's not only a matter of McDonald's (there are two) but of K. Mart.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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