industrialization
Use Industrialization in a sentence
tri noun
1.
the large-scale introduction of manufacturing, advanced technical enterprises, and other productive economic activity into an area, society, country, etc.
2.
conversion to the methods, aims, and ideals of industry and economic activity, particularly of an area that was previously underdeveloped economically.
Related forms
an·ti-in·dus·tri·al·i·za·tion, noun
non·in·dus·tri·al·i·za·tion, noun
o·ver·in·dus·tri·al·i·za·tion, noun
pro·in·dus·tri·al·i·za·tion, adjective
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industrialize or industrialise (ɪnˈdʌstrɪəˌlaɪz) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (tr) to develop industry on an extensive scale in (a country, region, etc) |
| 2. | (intr) (of a country, region, etc) to undergo the development of industry on an extensive scale |
| industrialise or industrialise | |
| —vb | |
| industriali'zation or industrialise | |
| —n | |
| industriali'sation or industrialise | |
| —n | |
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Industrialization
has a plethora of syllables.
So is floccinaucinihilipilification. Does it mean:
| (used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.) |
| the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language). |
Example sentences
For many, industrialization did bring economic help.
The inevitable cost of industrialization and trying to pursue a materialistic capitalist dream.
The industrialization of gossip has made it hopeless to preserve privacy by policing the commercial media.
And your malarky of change isn't about the environment but more about your ignorance industrialization.
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