English Explanatory Dictionary

Great Resignation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. An economic trend from 2021 to 2023 in which many employees voluntarily resigned from their jobs en masse and job-hopping was common.

Word forms

Great Resignation the Great Resignation

Etymology

Coined by professor of management Anthony Klotz in May 2021. Its coining was influenced by the precedent of Great Recession (which was modeled after Great Depression).

Synonyms

Big Quit Great Reshuffle
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