deindustrialization
nounEtymology From de- + industrialization or deindustrialize + -ation.
1
A decrease in industrial activity or capacity.
- The U.K. is now an object lesson for other countries dealing with a dark triad of deindustrialization, degrowth, and denigration of foreigners.2022 October 25, Derek Thompson, “How the U.K. Became One of the Poorest Countries in Western Europe”, in The Atlantic:
- Related terms
- deindustrialized, industrialized, reindustrialized