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technological unemployment

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Unemployment caused by technological advances. This includes machines and software substituting for human labor, advances in efficiency negating the need for friction-based jobs, and increased data availability undermining professions that rely on information asymmetry.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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  • Bulgarian: технологична безработица (tehnologična bezrabotica) — unemployment caused by the replacement of workers by machines
  • French: chômage technologique — unemployment caused by the replacement of workers by machines
  • Georgian: ტექნოლოგიური უმუშევრობა (ṭeknologiuri umuševroba) — unemployment caused by the replacement of workers by machines
  • Romanian: șomaj tehnologic — unemployment caused by the replacement of workers by machines