Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flexicurity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: flex-i-cu-ri-ty
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A welfare state model with a proactive labour market policy, combining easy hiring and firing (flexibility for employers) and high benefits for the unemployed (security for the employees).

Uncountable

Etymology

Blend of flexibility + security, coined by Danish prime minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen in the 1990s.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does flexicurity mean?: A welfare state model with a proactive labour market policy, combining easy hiring and firing (flexibility for employers) and high benefits for the unemployed (security for the employees).
Where does flexicurity come from?: Blend of flexibility + security, coined by Danish prime minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen in the 1990s.

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