Meaning & use
industrialization
The process by which a country or society shifts from a farming economy to one based on manufacturing and industry.
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Rapid industrialization transformed the small town into a bustling manufacturing hub.
Nineteenth-century industrialization brought both new jobs and harsh working conditions.
A note on using this word
Industrialization describes large-scale economic and social change, distinct from simply building more factories.
Words with a similar meaning
mechanizationmodernization
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Words with an opposite meaning
deindustrialization
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