casualizing
Loosening dress codes
Casualizing is making something more casual or informal.
The term appears most often in discussions of labor practices, where casualizing the workforce means replacing permanent employees with temporary, part-time, or contract workers who receive fewer benefits and protections: The company has been casualizing its workforce for years.
Less commonly, casualizing applies to dress codes, language, or social norms becoming less formal.
Making less formal
- relaxingBecoming less tense
- looseningReducing tightness or tension
- simplifyingMaking less complex
- democratizingMaking accessible to all
normalizing · downgrading · softening · streamlining · modernizing · liberalizing · popularizing · destigmatizing
Calm and unhurried
- easygoingRelaxed in temperament
- unpretentiousLacking false superiority
- relaxedFree of stress
- informalRelaxed, not official
unstructured · nonchalant · carefree · loose · unfussy · chummy · sociable · homely
informalizing
Making less formal
- relaxingBecoming less tense
- looseningReducing tightness or tension
- simplifyingMaking less complex
democratizing · normalizing · downgrading · softening · streamlining · modernizing · liberalizing · popularizing · destigmatizing · unbuttoning
laid-back
Calm and unhurried
- easygoingRelaxed in temperament
- unpretentiousLacking false superiority
- relaxedFree of stress
informal · unstructured · nonchalant · carefree · loose · unfussy · chummy · sociable · homely · unaffected
jeans
Casual denim trousers
denim · khakis · chinos · sweatshirt · leggings · polo shirt · cardigan · flannel · sandals · shorts
casualizingformalizing
Making procedures official
solemnizing · professionalizing · ritualizing · officializing · dressing up
casualizingpermanentizing
Making something last indefinitely
stabilizing · regularizing · tenuring · securitizing · institutionalizing
casualizingformalizing
Making procedures official
systematizing · standardizing · rigidifying · stiffening · structuring
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