Dictionary

preindustrial en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English industrial English preindustrial From pre- + industrial.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to the period before the Industrial Revolution and the global industrialization that followed.
   • Civilization has already exceeded a global warming of ~1.0◦C above pre-industrial conditions[.] 2021 January 13, Corey J.A. Bradshaw et al., “Underestimating the Challenges of Avoiding a Ghastly Future”, in Frontiers in Conservation Science:
   • At last year’s summit in Glasgow, countries agreed to focus on limiting global temperature rises to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, but recent UN reports have shown that current policies would raise temperatures by about 2.5C. 2022 November 4, Fiona Harvey, “UN chief warns ‘we will be doomed’ without historic climate pact”, in The Guardian:
2. (not-comparable) Not yet industrialized.
   • a preindustrial nation

Forms

Deriveds

preindustrially

Translations (12)

fi teollistumaton (before industry) · sv förindustriell (before industry) · ru доиндустриа́льный (before industry) · cs preindustriální (before industry) · el προβιομηχανικός (before industry) · hu preindusztriális (before industry) · fr préindustriel (before industry) · hu iparosodás előtti (before industry) · fi esiteollinen (before industry) · de vorindustriell (before industry) · pl przedindustrialny (before industry) · cs předprůmyslový (before industry)