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单词 fordism
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Fordismn.

Brit. /ˈfɔːdɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈfɔrdɪz(ə)m/
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Ford , -ism suffix.
Etymology: < the name of Henry Ford (see Ford n.2) + -ism suffix. Compare Fordist n.
The use in industrial production of the methods pioneered by Henry Ford, typified by large-scale mechanized mass production; a doctrine or theory advocating this. Cf. post-Fordism n.
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1918 Western Electric News Apr. 26/1 We..haven't heard anything to the effect that any of the girls will have to start studying ‘Fordism’ to help the cause along.
1923 Times 24 Sept. 14/3 (heading) Fordism’ in industry.
1931 A. Huxley Music at Night iii. 180 Fordism demands that we should sacrifice the animal man..not indeed to God, but to the Machine.
1974 Sci. Amer. Feb. 118/2 Obedient to Fordism, the automation placed in the modern plant served only to make notorious the speedup of the workers.
2009 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 54/2Fordism’, the combination of mass production and mass consumption to create national prosperity, didn't emerge as a full-blown economic and social model until the 1930s.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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