Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tescoization

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tescoiza-tion
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A policy of aggressive commercial expansion.

British usage; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"the Tescoization of public services"
"The movement against the Tesco-ization of small-town Britain is active in Todmorden. Decals reading 'Save our markets. No more supermarkets' are on prominent display throughout the town and a recent application for a further supermarket has been declined by the local council."
"Similar comments were prominent in publications from the Centre for Social Justice (2013, 2014), whose founder, Iain Duncan Smith, had previously criticized the so-called Tescoization of the charitable sector."

Etymology

From Tesco, name of a British multinational grocery and general merchandise retailer (from the names T. E. Stockwell and Cohen), + -ization.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ization

Usage

British usage
Uncountable

Inflected Forms

Tescoisation (alternative)

Questions

What does tescoization mean?: A policy of aggressive commercial expansion.
Where does tescoization come from?: From Tesco, name of a British multinational grocery and general merchandise retailer (from the names T. E. Stockwell and Cohen), + -ization.

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