industrialization

[ in-duhs-tree-uh-luh-zey-shuhn ]

/ ɪnˌdʌs tri ə ləˈzeɪ ʃən /

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noun

the large-scale introduction of manufacturing, advanced technical enterprises, and other productive economic activity into an area, society, country, etc.

conversion to the methods, aims, and ideals of industry and economic activity, particularly of an area that was previously underdeveloped economically.

Origin of industrialization

industrialize + -ation

OTHER WORDS FROM industrialization

an·ti-in·dus·tri·al·i·za·tion, nounnon·in·dus·tri·al·i·za·tion, nouno·ver·in·dus·tri·al·i·za·tion, nounpro·in·dus·tri·al·i·za·tion, adjective

Words nearby industrialization

industrial espionage, industrial estate, industrial insurance, industrialism, industrialist, industrialization, industrialize, industrial life insurance, industrial medicine, industrial melanism, industrial misconduct

Example sentences from the Web for industrialization

The output of CO2 by industrialization and other human activities—also rising, also measured.
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Why was Tocqueville not more alarmed by the economic power that he saw emerging in the early days of American industrialization?
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Old recipes were forgotten, and the quality of meat and produce declined with the industrialization of farming.
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The decades after the Civil War brought the industrialization of food production, distribution, and marketing.
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At the time of unification, Naples was leading Italy's way to industrialization.
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Three modifications which have especially affected streams have been agricultural use, urbanization, and industrialization.
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Industrialization and socialization of the economy have created thousands of new blue- and white-collar jobs.
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There is no hacienda nostalgia in Mexico—only frenetic pressure for industrialization and overall capitalism.
The Haciendas of Mexico|Paul Alexander Bartlett
Every industrialization means a pauperization to a certain extent.
The Modern Woman's Rights Movement|Kaethe Schirmacher
But industrialization calls for a highly educated element of scientists and technicians, nor does it stop there.
Expediter|Dallas McCord Reynolds