industrialization
English
Alternative forms
- industrialisation
Etymology
From French industrialisation. Analyzable as industrial + -ization or industrialize + -ation.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
industrialization (plural industrializations)
- A process of social and economic change whereby a human society is transformed from a preindustrial to an industrial state.
Derived terms
- deindustrialization
- reindustrialization
Related terms
- industrial
- industrialist
- industrialize
- industry
Translations
process of social and economic change
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