Industrialisation

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of industrialization. UK, alt-of, nonstandard

    "The great industrialisations of the Midlands, north and Scotland that gave birth to large-scale organised Labour passed most of southern England by."

  2. 2
    the development of industry on an extensive scale wordnet

Synonyms

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industrial enterpriseindustrializationindustrialization

Example

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"Industrialisation is vital to Kazakhstan’s competitiveness in the globally developing world."

Etymology

From French industrialisation, equivalent to industrial + -isation or industrialise + -ation.

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