English Explanatory Dictionary

California effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The supposed shift of consumer, environmental and other regulations in the direction of political jurisdictions with stricter regulatory standards.

Word forms

California effect the California effect

Etymology

Derived from the spread of some advanced environmental regulatory standards that were originally adopted by the U.S. state of California and eventually adopted in other states.

Derived words

Brussels effect
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