industrialization
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industrialization
- /ɪnˌdʌstɹɪəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/ UK
- /ɪnˌdʌstɹɪəlɪˈzeɪʃən/ US
- [ɪnˌdʌst͡ʃɹɪəlɪˈzeɪʃən] US
- /ɪnˌdʌstɹɪəlɪˈzeɪʃən/ Canada
- /ɪnˌdɐstɹiəlɑeˈzæɪʃən/ Australia
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
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From French industrialisation. Analyzable as industrial + -ization or industrialize + -ation.
noun industrializations · industrialisation
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A process of social and economic change whereby a human society is transformed from a preindustrial to an industrial state.
It was during this period of industrialization that the individualistic world view of classical liberalism became the dominant ideology of capitalism.
Opposite: deindustrialization
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: industrialisation, industrial enterprise, commercialization, industrial, manufacturing, manufacture, factory, production, processing, maker, making, mic, industry, industries, mechanization, mass production
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Every language
noun process of social and economic change
| Español | industrialización |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 산업화 saneophwa, 공업화 gong'eophwa |
| 日本語 | 産業化 sangyōka, 工業化 kōgyōka, 事業化 jigyōka |
| 中文 | 工業化 /工业化 gōngyèhuà, 產業化 /产业化 chǎnyèhuà, 事業化 /事业化 shìyèhuà |
| हिन्दी | औद्योगीकरण audyogīkraṇ |
| Português | industrialização |
| Français | industrialisation |
| Deutsch | Industrialisierung |
| Italiano | industrializzazione |
| Ελληνικά | εκβιομηχάνιση ekviomichánisi |
| Română | industrializare |
| Русский | индустриализа́ция industrializácija |
| Tiếng Việt | sự công nghiệp hoá |
| العربية | تَصْنِيع taṣnīʕ, تَحَوُّل صِنَاعِيّ taḥawwul ṣināʕiyy |
| עברית | תִּעוּשׂ \ תיעוש ti'ús |
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