planned obsolescence

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A policy of deliberately planning or designing a product with a limited useful life, so it will become obsolete or nonfunctional after a certain period. uncountable
    — An equally important advantage of a system of planned obsolescence would be its function in providing a new reservoir from which to draw income for the operation of the Government.

词源

Coined by Bernard London in 1932 and popularized in the 1960 book The Waste Makers by Vance Packard.
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