to reindustrialize
- verb
- /ˌriːˌɪndəˈstrɪəlaɪz/
- Specialized
- The government is implementing new policies to reindustrialize the region and create jobs.
- reindustrialize the country
Examples
-
If you do not write down the debt, then you cannot reindustrialize the United States.
-
Many cities are focusing on initiatives that aim to reindustrialize areas that have lost manufacturing jobs.
-
Efforts to reindustrialize the countryside include attracting new factories and boosting local employment.
Synonyms
Make something active or popular again after a time of being forgotten
Antonyms
How Industrialized
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
reindustrialize = industrialize (transparent) = re + industri + al + ize
Adding 're-' to 'industrialize' gives the regular meaning 'industrialize again' or 'bring industry back'.
Etymology
The word reindustrialize breaks into re- meaning 'again' and industry meaning 'factories or manufacturing'. So, to reindustrialize is to bring factories and manufacturing back to a place that lost them.