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industrialization en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • [ɪnˌdʌst͡ʃɹɪəlɪˈzeɪʃən] (General-American)
  • /ɪnˌdɐstɹiəlɑeˈzæɪʃən/ (Australia)
  • /ɪnˌdʌstɹɪəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ɪnˌdʌstɹɪəlɪˈzeɪʃən/ (Canada)
  • audio Wisconsin
  • /ɪnˌdʌstɹɪəlɪˈzeɪʃən/ (General-American)

Etymology

From French industrialisation. Analyzable as industrial + -ization or industrialize + -ation.

Meanings

  1. (British, English, Oxford, US) 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. 1990, E. K. Hunt, Property and Prophets, 6th edition, New York: Harper & Row, →ISBN, →OCLC:
    • The PM2.5 levels in all these cities far exceed the World Health Organization’s limit and illustrate a growing concern for South Asian countries as they experience rapid industrializations and population booms that are fueling pollution levels. 2023 November 10, Rhea Mogul, “This megacity is the latest to shut down as pollution chokes swathes of South Asia”, in CNN:
    • […] between two periods within the era of industrialization: the "paleotechnic" under the sway of steam and mechanics, that coincides with the "imperial-financial age," the era of Kriegspiel or "wardom"; […] 1996, Armand Mattelart, The Invention of Communication:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
industrialisation alternative lexicographic
industrializations Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

deindustrialization

Coordinates

protoindustrialization · reindustrialization · preindustrialization · postindustrialization

Deriveds

postindustrialization · preindustrialization · protoindustrialization · agroindustrialization · overindustrialization · proto-industrialization · deindustrialization · reindustrialization

Relateds

industrialize · industry · deindustrialized · industrialist · reindustrialized · industrial · industrialized

Translations (64)

tg санъатисозӣ (process of social and economic change) · bg индустриализа́ция (process of social and economic change) · pl uprzemysłowienie (process of social and economic change) · lo ການຫັນເປັນອຸດສາຫະກຳ (process of social and economic change) · be індустрыяліза́цыя (process of social and economic change) · az sənayeləşdirmə (process of social and economic change) · ja 産業化 (process of social and economic change) · gl industrialización (process of social and economic change) · de Industrialisierung (process of social and economic change) · hu iparosodás (process of social and economic change) · mr औद्योगिकीकरण (process of social and economic change) · ar تَحَوُّل صِنَاعِيّ (process of social and economic change) · ja 事業化 (process of social and economic change) · pt industrialização (process of social and economic change) · ka ინდუსტრიალიზაცია (process of social and economic change) · fr industrialisation (process of social and economic change) · uz industrializatsiya (process of social and economic change) · sv industrialisering (process of social and economic change) · is iðnvæðing (process of social and economic change) · sh индустријализа́ција (process of social and economic change) · it industrializzazione (process of social and economic change) · cmn 事業化 /事业化 (process of social and economic change) · ur صنعت کاری (process of social and economic change) · tl pagsasakalalang (process of social and economic change) · cs industrializace (process of social and economic change) · tr endüstrileşme (process of social and economic change) · fa صنعتیسازی (process of social and economic change) · th การปรับให้เป็นอุตสาหกรรม (process of social and economic change) · he תִּעוּשׂ \ תיעוש (process of social and economic change) · lv industrializācija (process of social and economic change) · pl industrializacja (process of social and economic change) · el εκβιομηχάνιση (process of social and economic change) · sh industrijalizácija (process of social and economic change) · uk індустріаліза́ція (process of social and economic change) · km ឧស្សាហូបនីយកម្ម (process of social and economic change) · sk industrializácia (process of social and economic change) · ro industrializare (process of social and economic change) · ru индустриализа́ция (process of social and economic change) · ca industrialització (process of social and economic change) · tr sanayileşme (process of social and economic change) · id industrialisasi (process of social and economic change) · et industrialiseerimine (process of social and economic change) · my စက်မှုလုပ်ငန်း (process of social and economic change) · vi sự công nghiệp hoá (process of social and economic change) · ko 공업화 (process of social and economic change) · cmn 工業化 /工业化 (process of social and economic change) · ja 工業化 (process of social and economic change) · ar تَصْنِيع (process of social and economic change) · tl sakalalang (process of social and economic change) · sl industrializacija (process of social and economic change) · hi औद्योगीकरण (process of social and economic change) · lt industrializacija (process of social and economic change) · hy ինդուստրացում (process of social and economic change) · eo industriiĝo (process of social and economic change) · mk индустријализа́ција (process of social and economic change) · ko 산업화 (process of social and economic change) · es industrialización (process of social and economic change) · nl industrialisatie (process of social and economic change) · nb industrialisering (process of social and economic change) · fi teollistuminen (process of social and economic change) · nrf îndustrialisâtion (process of social and economic change) · da industrialisering (process of social and economic change) · cmn 產業化 /产业化 (process of social and economic change) · ms perindustrian (process of social and economic change)