postindustrial
[pohst-in-duhs-tree-uh l]
- of, relating to, or characteristic of an era following industrialization: The economy of the postindustrial society is based on the provision of services rather than on the manufacture of goods.
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Beck is in the same position as any post-industrial capitalist entrepreneur.
There have been so many films set in the grey wastelands of post-industrial England that you might think, not again.
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February 2, 2014
It is post-industrial (and arguably too dependent on financial services, but that is a post for another day).
The post-industrial, global economy has upended careers and uprooted whole communities.
The rise of this post-industrial ruling class may be the most tragic result of patrician decline.
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January 23, 2012
postindustrial
- characteristic of, relating to, or denoting work or a society that is no longer based on heavy industry
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