English Explanatory Dictionary

jobpocalypse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A period of high unemployment or job losses.
  2. The widespread technological unemployment expected to be caused by advances in artificial intelligence.

Word forms

jobpocalypse jobpocalypses

Etymology

From job + -pocalypse. The "caused by artificial intelligence" sense may have popularized by the Financial Times newspaper in late 2025.

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