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industrializer en · NOUN

Etymology

From industrialize + -er.

Meanings

1. One who industrializes.
   • In 19th-century Japan, as well as in Germany, industrializers sought to avert the socialist inclinations of working classes by resorting to extreme repression or paternalism. 2007 January 7, Stephen Kotkin, “Japan’s Retooling Is Distinctly Japanese”, in New York Times:
   • [High-tariff Republican presidents of the 19th and early 20th centuries] oversaw America’s dramatic growth as an early industrializer and magnet for immigrants. 2025 January 23, Laurent Belsie, “Globalization is over. Will Trump tariffs reset US-China rivalry?”, in The Christian Science Monitor:

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