industrialization
noun
in·dus·tri·al·i·za·tion
in-ˌdə-strē-ə-lə-ˈzā-shən 
: the act or process of industrializing : the widespread development of industries in a region, country, culture, etc.
Industrialization and modern insect control have improved the quality of life around the globe, but they have also added some 100,000 chemical compounds that, some scientists worry, could affect the health of people and wildlife.—
Hannah Fairfield
Hannah FairfieldInvestors became convinced that growing global demand for energy, the industrialization of China and India and the lack of spare production capacity would keep crude prices surging ever upward.—A. Gary Shilling
A. Gary ShillingTelevision, like industrialization and democracy, was slow to arrive in Italy, coming in 1954, several years after it was introduced in the US.—Alexander Stille
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Many developed in a fairly particular set of circumstances, namely that of a previously agricultural, communitarian country that aimed to copy the Anglo-American model of industrialization despite not having what may be called functional equity markets.
—Radu Magdin, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
But as industrialization took hold, kicking a full capitalist economy predicated on growth into gear, labor industriousness in the service of enriching capital was not going to hold.
—John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2025
Rather, Carey appreciated how industrialization had fundamentally changed society.
— Made By History, Time, 28 Apr. 2025
The industrialization of their work gets overlooked now perhaps because it was overlooked in their own time, but considering them as a parallel workforce in the history of labor at Lowell offers new insights into the history of the Industrial Revolution writ large.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 2 Apr. 2025
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Radu Magdin, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
But as industrialization took hold, kicking a full capitalist economy predicated on growth into gear, labor industriousness in the service of enriching capital was not going to hold.
—John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2025
Rather, Carey appreciated how industrialization had fundamentally changed society.
— Made By History, Time, 28 Apr. 2025
The industrialization of their work gets overlooked now perhaps because it was overlooked in their own time, but considering them as a parallel workforce in the history of labor at Lowell offers new insights into the history of the Industrial Revolution writ large.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 2 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for industrialization
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“Industrialization.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/industrialization. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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