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industrialisation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From French industrialisation, equivalent to industrial + -isation or industrialise + -ation.

Meanings

1. (UK, alt-of, nonstandard) Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of industrialization.
   alt of industrialization
   • The great industrialisations of the Midlands, north and Scotland that gave birth to large-scale organised Labour passed most of southern England by. 2010 May 29, Ben Bradshaw, “Why I believe David Miliband should lead Labour”, in The Guardian:
   • It gave me more of a Cormac McCarthy vibe than a Westworld one, hinting at the death of the old west, the consequences of America’s rapid industrialisation and the death of a way of life, rather than a straightforward romanticisation of the frontier and its outlaw heroes. 2018 October 10, Keza MacDonald, “Red Dead Redemption 2: three hours with the most anticipated game of the year”, in The Guardian:

Forms

Deriveds

reindustrialisation · deindustrialisation

Relateds

industrialise