industrialization

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Etymology

From French industrialisation. Analyzable as industrial +‎ -ization or industrialize +‎ -ation.

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Noun

industrialization (plural industrializations) (American spelling, Oxford British English)

  1. A process of social and economic change whereby a human society is transformed from a preindustrial to an industrial state.
    • 1990, E. K. Hunt, Property and Prophets, 6th edition, New York: Harper & Row, →ISBN, →OCLC:
      It was during this period of industrialization that the individualistic world view of classical liberalism became the dominant ideology of capitalism.
    • 1996, Armand Mattelart, The Invention of Communication:
      […] between two periods within the era of industrialization: the "paleotechnic" under the sway of steam and mechanics, that coincides with the "imperial-financial age," the era of Kriegspiel or "wardom"; […]
    • 2023 November 10, Rhea Mogul, “This megacity is the latest to shut down as pollution chokes swathes of South Asia”, in CNN‎[1]:
      The PM2.5 levels in all these cities far exceed the World Health Organization’s limit and illustrate a growing concern for South Asian countries as they experience rapid industrializations and population booms that are fueling pollution levels.

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