industrialization

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

noun

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

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

Other Word Forms

• anti-industrialization noun
• nonindustrialization noun
• overindustrialization noun
• proindustrialization adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of industrialization¹

industrialize + -ation

Example Sentences

In Europe, Microsoft plans to expand its cloud and AI operations as well as data-center capacity, calling AI and cloud data centers “the next stage of industrialization.”

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With its 2030 strategy, Holcim targets profitable growth in Europe, Australia and North Africa, while accelerating expansion in Latin America supported by strong fundamentals and industrialization trends.

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From Andrew Carnegie’s steel mills to Henry Ford’s electric automobile assembly lines, 19th-century American capitalism led to industrialization and unprecedented economic growth.

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Then came decades filled with social change, the lost Mexican-American War, human expansion into the Valley, and industrialization.

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High tariffs would protect nascent industrialization and increase federal revenue.

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