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preindustrial

British

/ ˌpriːɪnˈdʌstrɪəl /

adjective

of or relating to a society, age, etc, before industrialization

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The average global temperature in January was 1.47C above preindustrial times.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

Maybe we couldn’t stop global temperatures from reaching 1.5º above preindustrial levels, but that shouldn’t stop us from trying even harder.

From Salon • Dec. 31, 2025

Signatories to the Paris Agreement in 2015 aspired to hold the rise in temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025

The global mean temperature also rose to nearly 1.5 degrees above the preindustrial level, another record.

From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2024

The neuropsychologist James W. Prescott has performed a startling cross-cultural statistical analysis of 400 preindustrial societies and found that cultures that lavish physical affection on infants tend to be disinclined to violence.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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