preindustrial
B2
adj
Freq #204295
Meanings
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1
adj
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[.]
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2
adj
Not yet industrialized.
a preindustrial nation
Etymology
From pre- + industrial.
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Derived forms
preindustrially