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Meaning of "deskill" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DESKILL

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DESKILL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Deskill is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb deskill in English.

WHAT DOES DESKILL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Deskilling

Deskilling is the process by which skilled labor within an industry or economy is eliminated by the introduction of technologies operated by semiskilled or unskilled workers. This results in cost savings due to lower investment in human capital, and reduces barriers to entry, weakening the bargaining power of the human capital. It is criticized for decreasing quality, demeaning labor, and undermining community.

Definition of deskill in the English dictionary

The definition of deskill in the dictionary is to mechanize or computerize to such an extent that little human skill is required to do it. Other definition of deskill is to cause to work at a job that does not utilize their skills.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DESKILL

PRESENT

Present
I deskill
you deskill
he/she/it deskills
we deskill
you deskill
they deskill
Present continuous
I am deskilling
you are deskilling
he/she/it is deskilling
we are deskilling
you are deskilling
they are deskilling
Present perfect
I have deskilled
you have deskilled
he/she/it has deskilled
we have deskilled
you have deskilled
they have deskilled
Present perfect continuous
I have been deskilling
you have been deskilling
he/she/it has been deskilling
we have been deskilling
you have been deskilling
they have been deskilling
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I deskilled
you deskilled
he/she/it deskilled
we deskilled
you deskilled
they deskilled
Past continuous
I was deskilling
you were deskilling
he/she/it was deskilling
we were deskilling
you were deskilling
they were deskilling
Past perfect
I had deskilled
you had deskilled
he/she/it had deskilled
we had deskilled
you had deskilled
they had deskilled
Past perfect continuous
I had been deskilling
you had been deskilling
he/she/it had been deskilling
we had been deskilling
you had been deskilling
they had been deskilling
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will deskill
you will deskill
he/she/it will deskill
we will deskill
you will deskill
they will deskill
Future continuous
I will be deskilling
you will be deskilling
he/she/it will be deskilling
we will be deskilling
you will be deskilling
they will be deskilling
Future perfect
I will have deskilled
you will have deskilled
he/she/it will have deskilled
we will have deskilled
you will have deskilled
they will have deskilled
Future perfect continuous
I will have been deskilling
you will have been deskilling
he/she/it will have been deskilling
we will have been deskilling
you will have been deskilling
they will have been deskilling
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would deskill
you would deskill
he/she/it would deskill
we would deskill
you would deskill
they would deskill
Conditional continuous
I would be deskilling
you would be deskilling
he/she/it would be deskilling
we would be deskilling
you would be deskilling
they would be deskilling
Conditional perfect
I would have deskill
you would have deskill
he/she/it would have deskill
we would have deskill
you would have deskill
they would have deskill
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been deskilling
you would have been deskilling
he/she/it would have been deskilling
we would have been deskilling
you would have been deskilling
they would have been deskilling
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you deskill
we let´s deskill
you deskill
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to deskill
Past participle
deskilled
Present Participle
deskilling
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DESKILL


alkyl
ˈælkɪl
buzzkill
ˈbʌzˌkɪl
fishkill
ˈfɪʃˌkɪl
Gaitskell
ˈɡeɪtskɪl
kill
kɪl
lambkill
ˈlæmˌkɪl
multiskill
ˈmʌltɪˌskɪl
orchil
ˈɔːkɪl
outkill
ˌaʊtˈkɪl
overkill
ˈəʊvəˌkɪl
reskill
riːˈskɪl
roadkill
ˈrəʊdˌkɪl
shoot-to-kill
ˌʃuːttəˈkɪl
skill
skɪl
subskill
ˈsʌbˌskɪl
underkill
ˈʌndəˌkɪl
upskill
ˈʌpˌskɪl
winterkill
ˈwɪntəˌkɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DESKILL

desist
desistance
desistence
desk
desk clerk
desk editor
desk pad
desk study
desk-bound
deskfast
deskilling
deskman
desknote
desknote computer
desktop
desktop publishing
desman
desmid
desmidian
desmine

WORDS THAT END LIKE DESKILL

back and fill
bill
dressed to kill
fill
fit the bill
free-will
grill
hill
ill
in at the kill
mill
over the hill
run of the mill
run-of-the-mill
still
till
top kill
what you will
will
with a will

Synonyms and antonyms of deskill in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «deskill» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
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TRANSLATION OF DESKILL

Find out the translation of deskill to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of deskill from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «deskill» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

> 使不再需要专业技能
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

desprofesionalizar
570 millions of speakers

English

deskill
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

deskill
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

deskill
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

deskill
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

perder uma habilidade que se torna desnecessária por causa de métodos mais modernos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

deskill
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

déqualifier
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Meja
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fähigkeiten verlieren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

単純作業化する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

> 일이 단순 작업화 되다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngapunten
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

deskill
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

deskill
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डेस्किल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

deskill
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dequalificare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

deskill
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

deskill
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

descalifica
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επιδεξιοτήτων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

deskill
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

deskill
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

deskill
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of deskill

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DESKILL»

The term «deskill» is used very little and occupies the 186.703 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of deskill
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DESKILL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «deskill» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «deskill» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about deskill

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DESKILL»

Discover the use of deskill in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to deskill and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Teachers' Work in a Globalizing Economy
Now it is far from clear that it is the intention of education management to systematically deskill teachers in this way. Certainly during fiscal crises the state is often constrained to reduce the drain on surplus value by making education as cost ...
Alistair Dow, Robert Hattam, Alan Reid, 2005
2
Frederick Taylor and the Public Administration Community: A ...
They are seen as harbingers of evil, engineering instrumentalities more likely to yield dehumanization than increased worker participation and shared control. Automation is viewed as an attempt to systematize and standardize tasks, to deskill ...
Hindy L. Schachter, 1989
3
Conflict, Order and Action: Readings in Sociology
The history of the development of the microelectronic technologies, and of their subsequent use, is a history of designing and using machines which deskill work and diminish the role of workers. Insofar as possible, decision making, which ...
Edward Ksenych, David Liu, 2001
4
Software Creativity 2.0
That “centerpiece of management efforts to deskill programmers,” structured programming, has largely disappeared at least conceptually from the landscape, to be replaced by object-oriented programming, which no one is claiming to be ...
Robert L. Glass, 2006
5
TechnoFeminism
In order to control the labour force and maximize profitability, capitalism continuously applies new technology designed to fragment and deskill labour, so that labour becomes cheaper and subject to greater control. Technological revolution ...
Judy Wajcman, 2013
6
Qualitative Research in Information Systems: A Reader
He contrasted these with eight other retail firms that had histories of craftwork practices and which had resisted management control systems that tend to deskill workers. Smith conducted extensive interviews and observations in the sixteen ...
Michael D Myers, David Avison, 2002
7
Infoculture
Deskill or reskill? Skilled people cost money. There is therefore a natural management tendency to reduce the skills needed in the workplace, to replace costly skilled people with cheaper less skilled workers operating automated computers or ...
Stephen Vincent, 1998
8
The Social Production of Technical Work: The Case of British ...
Instead they are employed to perform tasks which it would be inefficient to deskill. Furthermore, even when efficiency criteria might suggest deskilling, because engineers are 'trusted workers' employers are reluctant to deskill them unless cost ...
Peter Whalley, 1986
9
Violence and Politics: Globalization's Paradox
®deskill ̄. workers. Former employees in newly marginalized sectors may suddenly find themselves. ®unemployable, ̄. as their skills are no longer matched to the opportunities available. Yet under these new terms, unemployment is not ...
Kenton Worcester, Sally Avery Bermanzohn, Mark Ungar, 2013
10
Creative Technological Change: The Shaping of Technology and ...
From the foregoing, it should be clear that labour process theorists do not see the use of technology to deskill or upskill jobs as an expression of the inevitable impact of the technology itself. Rather, the organisational effects of technological  ...
Ian Mcloughlin, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DESKILL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term deskill is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Doctors have always been over-worked, but that's not what's …
... might reform or motivate some DSRs - but they also tire, deskill and demotivate many more who do not need such structure or guidance. «Open Democracy, Jun 15»
2
Vapositori response to Mugabe 'education' insult
We know better that the value and importance of education is value addition and empowerment. But you disempower and deskill and deculture! «Nehanda Radio, Jun 15»
3
Can we all come with you to Germany for routine health checks, Mr …
... is flying abroad for annual routine medical checkups, effectively dismissing and helping to deskill the country's highly qualified local medical ... «Sierra Leone Telegraph, Jun 15»
4
Class, capitalism and the tech industry
Since the Industrial Revolution, capitalism has shown a long-term tendency to deskill labor and separate conception from execution in a way ... «Socialist Worker Online, Jun 15»
5
Keynesianism Will Not Save the World
Thus robotics and automation to reduce the number of workers needed, which also “deskill” work to make workers more expendable, putting ... «CounterPunch, Jun 15»
6
Blaming banks for worlds' ills an easy copout
Honest, skilled and experienced senior bankers have had to retrain, reinvent, or even deskill to get work. Those employed within banks to make ... «South China Morning Post, May 15»
7
Education-Industrial Complex
They claim to value good teachers, but aim to systematically deskill them down to curriculum readers and test administrators--and turn ... «Socialist Worker Online, May 15»
8
Australia Needs New Training System: Construction Leader
“So we will continue to deskill the industry and do more prefab work offsite rather than sustain the on-site component. The market waits for no ... «Sourceable, Feb 15»
9
Great future for India as kids are not willing to live with problems
The NREGA is the largest programme in the world to deskill 250 million people of our country by making them break stones. We need to build ... «Times of India, Feb 15»
10
How a 'Romantic' Workplace Culture Brings Out Employees' Best
This new “digital Taylorism” threatens to deskill and dehumanize workers, and there's a real risk that companies are turning their employees ... «Entrepreneur, Jan 15»

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