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Vinony

industrialization

noun

  1. process of manufacturing intensification
  2. period of social and economic change from agrarian to industrial society
  3. acquire industrial capacity, progress in favor of industry
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɪnˌdʌstɹɪəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/ / /ɪnˌdʌstɹɪəlɪˈzeɪʃən/ / [ɪnˌdʌst͡ʃɹɪəlɪˈzeɪʃən]

noun

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

  1. A process of social and economic change whereby a human society is transformed from a preindustrial to an industrial state.

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

    “[…] 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"; […]”