industrialization

C2+ Topic:Places & Geography

US /ɪnˌdʌstriələˈzeɪʃən/ UK /ɪnˌdʌstriəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
the development of industries on a wide scale in a region or country

Rapid industrialization drew thousands of workers into the cities.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the development of... mechanization modernization automation development

Opposites

deindustrialization

Word family

Related forms industry industrial industrialize industrialist

Etymology

From industrialize + -ation, from industrial, from industry, ultimately from Latin industria ('diligence, activity').

industria Latin

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Places & Geography Word Formation & Derivatives

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# industrialization

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ɪnˌdʌstriələˈzeɪʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪnˌdʌstriəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/

## Meanings
1. the development of industries on a wide scale in a region or country

## Examples
- Rapid industrialization drew thousands of workers into the cities.

## Synonyms
- mechanization
- modernization
- automation
- development

## Antonyms
- deindustrialization

## Related Forms
- industry
- industrial
- industrialize
- industrialist

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: industria

## Etymology
From industrialize + -ation, from industrial, from industry, ultimately from Latin industria ('diligence, activity').

## AI Etymology
industrialization comes from industrialize + -ation, from industrial, from industry, ultimately from Latin industria ('diligence, activity'). Morphologically, the ending is part of the etymology: the suffix is attached to the older base named in the history, producing a later English derivative. In present English, the noun sense is "the development of industries on a wide scale in a region or country", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also appears in related forms such as industry, industrial, industrialize, and industrialist. Its semantic neighborhood includes mechanization, modernization, automation, and development, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Latin industria.

## Topics
- Places & Geography
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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