postindustrial

[pohst-in-duhs-tree-uhl]

adjective

1. 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.

postindustrial

/ ˌpəʊstɪnˈdʌstrɪəl /

adjective

1. characteristic of, relating to, or denoting work or a society that is no longer based on heavy industry

Other Word Forms

• postindustrialist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of postindustrial¹

post- + industrial

Example Sentences

With Microsoft’s rise, the industrial material age slowly gave way to the postindustrial digital age, transforming how value was created and distributed.

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"The Sopranos" existed in a postindustrial suburban world.

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Jerome Siegel, a professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at UCLA, conducted research on hunter-gatherer societies in Tanzania, Bolivia, and Namibia that revealed similar sleep patterns to humans in postindustrial societies.

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Many have been created specifically for the postindustrial sites that dot the region.

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After years of postindustrial decline, Manchester has recently had a development and property boom, with its city-center population ballooning, and Microsoft and Amazon opening large offices in the area.

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