noun
planned obsolescence
A business strategy of designing products with a limited useful life so that consumers will need to replace them.
計画的陳腐化は、消費を促進するために使われることがある。
Planned obsolescence is sometimes used to stimulate consumption.
Compound of 計画的 (planned) + 陳腐化 (obsolescence). A direct translation of the English term 'planned obsolescence'.