obsugiwanych

Obsugiwanych is a neologism used primarily in speculative or linguistic contexts to refer to individuals who are the recipients or subjects of public or service provision. The term is not established in standard Polish and does not have formal legal status.

The word is modeled on the Polish verb obsługiwać (to service) with a passive participle formation, but the form obsugiwanych departs from the standard obsługiwanych, employing a deliberate orthographic shift to convey a mediated or controlled service relationship in fiction and theoretical discussion. The choice of form is often discussed in studies of how language signals power dynamics in welfare or governance frameworks.

In fictional narratives and thought experiments, obsugiwanych are described within scenarios of governance, digital surveillance, and resource allocation. Analyses consider how service delivery shapes identity, rights, and privacy for obsugiwanych, and how algorithmic systems may determine access to housing, healthcare, and information. The term is sometimes used to illustrate the effects of centralized provisioning on agency and social equity.

The concept also appears in academic speculation about future welfare states and in dystopian fiction, where obsugiwanych may be subjected to monitoring, data collection, or performance-based incentives. It is frequently contrasted with the standard form obsługiwanych to emphasize power relations in service provisioning and the potential dehumanization that can accompany highly mediated access to goods and services.

See also obsługiwanych, public service, neologism, dystopian fiction.