PARKINSON’S LAW as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • C. Northcote Parkinson’’s cynical observation that the number of subordinates in an organization will increase linearly regardless of the amount of work to be done
    Hypernyms(s) Parkinson’s law is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  2. Meaning
    • C. Northcote Parkinson’’s cynical observation that work will expand so as to fill the time available for its completion
    Hypernyms(s) Parkinson’s law is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower