preindustrial

adjective

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adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English industrial English preindustrial From pre- + industrial.

Of or relating to the period before the Industrial Revolution and the global industrialisation that followed.
“Civilization has already exceeded a global warming of ~1.0◦C above pre-industrial conditions[.]”
“At last year’s summit in Glasgow, countries agreed to focus on limiting global temperature rises to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, but recent UN reports have shown that current policies would raise temperatures by about 2.5C.”
Not yet industrialized.
“a preindustrial nation”