To convert something from a casual or temporary status to a permanent or formal status.
From de- (reverse, remove) + casual + -ize (make). Created in labor terminology to describe the action of making temporary work permanent.
Labor unions used this term strategically in arguments for worker rights—it reframes 'casual' work as something that should be 'decasualized' into dignity and stability.
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