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Industrialization

//ɪnˌdʌstɹɪəlaɪˈzeɪʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A process of social and economic change whereby a human society is transformed from a preindustrial to an industrial state. British, English, Oxford, US

    "It was during this period of industrialization that the individualistic world view of classical liberalism became the dominant ideology of capitalism."

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

Etymology

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

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