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kalmarian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
kalmar-i-an
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Being or relating to a labour paradigm involving a mutualization of the responsibility for employment (among businesses, unions, government, etc.) and relatively little hierarchical structure.

Etymology

From Kalmar + -ian, after the Swedish city where this approach was used in a Volvo car factory in the 1970s.

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does kalmarian mean?
Being or relating to a labour paradigm involving a mutualization of the responsibility for employment (among businesses, unions, government, etc.) and relatively little hierarchical structure.
Where does kalmarian come from?
From Kalmar + -ian, after the Swedish city where this approach was used in a Volvo car factory in the 1970s.

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