Floridization

English 2020 September 13 Etymology From en Florida ization suffix denoting the act, process, or result of doing something. Sense 2 (“phenomenon of the percentage of seniors in a specific region progressively increasing as the population ages”) refers to the sizable number of retirees who settle in the US state. Pronunciation en /ˌflɒɹɪdaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Floridization.wav Southern England en /ˌflɔɹɪdaɪˈzeɪʃən/ /ˌflɔɹədəˈzeɪʃən/ GA en En-us-Floridization.mp3 GA en eɪʃən 5 en Flo rid i za tion Noun - en American spelling Oxford British spelling The process of coming to resemble the US state of Florida in some respect. en Howard Senzel Baseball and the Cold War: Being a Soliloquy on the Necessity of Baseball New York, N.Y. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1977 264 978-0-15-110693-6 And some were annoyed just because they respected Cuban culture and resented its increasing Floridization. en w:Australian Book Review Melbourne, Vic. National Book Council 1986 7 3 0155-2864 1057996451 [T]he bland refusal of public accountability which has allowed unparalleled extravagance in the provision of space, furniture, fittings and accoutrements for the Parliament while leaving schools ill-equipped and underprovided; and it does not record the results of the ‘Floridisation’ policy [...] en Is America moving leftward? https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2002/09/26/is-america-moving-leftward w:The Economist London w:Economist Group 26 September 2002 364 98 0013-0613 805074337 Indeed, another plausible view is the Floridisation of American politics, the idea that it is now in an exact two-party balance. https://web.archive.org/web/20230817105923/https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2002/09/26/is-america-moving-leftward 17 August 2023 en Nathaniel Manheru 2018: Sifting real issues from so much chaff https://web.archive.org/web/20191013090034/https://www.herald.co.zw/2018-sifting-real-issues-from-so-much-chaff/ 13 October 2019 The Herald Harare, Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Newspapers 18 March 2017 0255-6227 13002193 Taking after what America did to [Fidel] Castro's Cuba, since 2000, we have witnessed a trend towards "Floridisation" of Zimbabwean politics, which is to say an attempt to encourage an outbound movement of Zimbabwean nationals in the hope of creating a critical voting mass that can be relied upon to capture the Zimbabwean State, Hamid Karzai-style. en US demography The phenomenon of the percentage of seniors in a specific region progressively increasing as the population ages. en AFTRA New York, N.Y. w:American Federation of Television and Radio Artists 1998 27 0044-7676 3999656 The investment banker Pete Peterson calls this "the Floridization of America." The decline in births, right after the peak years, has had an impact on every business that targets young adults. en Robyn I. Stone Toward Person-Centered Care Nursing Homes https://web.archive.org/web/20160310144418/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Toward+Person-Centered+Care.-a060016203 10 March 2016 Cleveland, Oh. International Pub. Group 1 February 2000 1061-4753 962867859 Although the percentage and the sheer volume of elders and people with disabilities living in the United States in the 21st century is increasing, their distribution will vary across the country; the Floridization of the country will happen in pockets. en Dennis Clark Pirages; Theresa Manley DeGeest Demographic Change and Ecological Insecurity Ecological Security: An Evolutionary Perspective on Globalization Lanham, Md. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2004 https://books.google.com/books?id=SFA2CcxvwSkC&pg=PA48 48 978-0-8476-9500-3 While the United States is not yet severely impacted, many European countries and Japan—much further along the road to Floridization—are already confronted with the need for action. The consequences of aging are even more dire in these countries because their populations "are aging even faster, birthrates are lower, the influx of young immigrants from developing countries is smaller, public pension benefits are more generous, and private pension systems are weaker." en The Asian Economic Review Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh Indian Institute of Economics 2005 47 1 805051682 The greatest twin victory of humanity over health issues has delivered one of the greatest challenges to man: Population ageing. Often described as ‘Floridisation of the World’, population ageing is the outcome of man’s victory over death and deceases as well as unwanted child bearing [...]. en Damien Ma; William Adams Welfare: Socialism with Chinese … Actually No, Not Socialism at All In Line Behind a Billion People: How Scarcity Will Define China’s Ascent in the Next Decade Upper Saddle River, N.J. w:FT Press September 2013 part II (Social Scarcity) 103 https://books.google.com/books?id=QXmHAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA103 978-0-13-313389-9 Even if policy shifts resources away from hard investment and back into social spending, the "Floridization" of Chinese demographics will intensify the shortage of healthcare provision over the next decade, worsening the frayed contract between patients, providers, and the government. Alternative forms en Floridisation British spelling Related terms en Florida en Floridian en Floridize Translations process of coming to resemble the US state of Florida in some respect phenomenon of the percentage of seniors in a specific region progressively increasing as the population ages en Age Florida, USA