technological unemployment

American  

noun

1. unemployment caused by technological changes or new methods of production in an industry or business.

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technological unemployment Cultural  

1. Unemployment caused by the displacement of workers by machines.

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Etymology

Origin of technological unemployment

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

As social insecurities rise due to widening gaps of inequality, technological unemployment, so too has anxiety, stress and rage.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2019

The U.K. is already experiencing housing shortages, and jobs such as bricklaying and roofing are predicted to be particularly hard hit by technological unemployment.

From Slate • Aug. 1, 2018

Today’s worry about mass technological unemployment is nothing new and probably won’t come to pass in its scariest imaginable form.

From Washington Post • Jul. 7, 2017

The economist John Maynard Keynes famously cried wolf in 1931, by issuing a warning of widespread "technological unemployment".

From Reuters • Jan. 20, 2016

John Maynard Keynes predicted that technological unemployment would present problems for 21st century economies.

From The Guardian • Jun. 21, 2012