industrialization
nounUK /ɪnˌdʌstɹɪəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/ · US /ɪnˌdʌstɹɪəlɪˈzeɪʃən/
Etymology From French industrialisation. Analyzable as industrial + -ization or industrialize + -ation.
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British, English, Oxford, US A process of social and economic change whereby a human society is transformed from a preindustrial to an industrial state.
- It was during this period of industrialization that the individualistic world view of classical liberalism became the dominant ideology of capitalism.1990, E. K. Hunt, Property and Prophets, 6th edition, New York: Harper & Row, →ISBN, →OCLC:
- […] between two periods within the era of industrialization: the "paleotechnic" under the sway of steam and mechanics, that coincides with the "imperial-financial age," the era of Kriegspiel or "wardom"; […]1996, Armand Mattelart, The Invention of Communication:
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- The PM2.5 levels in all these cities far exceed the World Health Organization’s limit and illustrate a growing concern for South Asian countries as they experience rapid industrializations and population booms that are fueling pollution levels.2023 November 10, Rhea Mogul, “This megacity is the latest to shut down as pollution chokes swathes of South Asia”, in CNN:
- Derived terms
- agroindustrialization, deindustrialization, overindustrialization, postindustrialization, preindustrialization, protoindustrialization, proto-industrialization, reindustrialization
- Related terms
- deindustrialized, industrial, industrialist, industrialize, industrialized, industry, reindustrialized