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Definition of McDonaldize in English:

McDonaldize

(also McDonaldise)

verb

  • with object To make (something) resemble the McDonald's restaurant chain or its food; (in extended use) to organize in a way suggestive of features associated with McDonald's, especially with reference to the type of efficient, standardized, corporate business or culture regarded as epitomized by McDonald's.

Origin

1970s; earliest use found in Business Week. From the name of the McDonald'sCorporation + -ize.

Pronunciation

McDonaldize

/məkˈdɒnldʌɪz/