preindustrial

/ (ˌpriːɪnˈdʌstrɪəl) /


adjective
  1. of or relating to a society, age, etc, before industrialization

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How to use preindustrial in a sentence

  • The economic life of China, except in the Treaty Ports and in a few regions where there are mines, is still wholly pre-industrial.

    The Problem of China | Bertrand Russell
  • This view is, of course, derived from the Confucian tradition, and is more or less true in a pre-industrial society.

    The Problem of China | Bertrand Russell
  • This is a return to pre-industrial times when artisans ruled the economic scene.

    After the Rain | Sam Vaknin