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industrialization

industrialization

11 5.7
A change in a country from farming to making goods in factories
  • noun
  • /ɪnˌdʌstriəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
translation icon : industrialización
  • The region experienced significant industrialization, leading to job creation and urban growth.
  • rapid industrialization
  • industrialization and urbanization
  • industrialization process

And that was thanks to industrialization.

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Examples

  • Nearly 50 years of rapid industrialization have taken a profound toll on Mexico's environment.

    Academic text (1991)
  • China's rapid industrialization has lifted millions out of poverty over the past few decades.

  • In recent years, Turkey has moved ahead with industrialization in the region.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Thus, between 1957 and 1970, industrialization advanced at an average annual rate of 5.7%.

    Academic text (1992)
  • In the 1960s and 1970s, South Korea chose to develop itself through rapid industrialization.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Long-stemmed cotton, on the other hand, was essential for the industrialization of the textile industry.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Increasing urbanization and industrialization spawned new moral conflicts in America and other Western societies.

    Academic text (1991)
  • The second most populous city in Japan, Osaka experienced rapid industrialization and immigration in the 1950s.

    Academic text (2013)
  • In the 19th century, industrialization transformed many economies from agrarian to manufacturing.

Antonyms

deindustrialization
  • Specialized
1 8.3

A fall in factory jobs and industry when factories close or move away

How Industrialized

industrialization
11 5.7
postindustrial
  • Specialized
1 6.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

industrialization = industrialize (transparent) = industry + al + ize + ation

The word is a standard nominalization of 'industrialize', ultimately built from 'industry' through regular derivational suffixes.

Etymology

Industrialization comes from industry, which means 'work' or 'business', and the ending -ization, which means 'making' or 'becoming'. So industrialization is the process of 'making' a place full of factories and modern work, like turning farms and small towns into centers of manufacturing.