preindustrial

B2
adj Freq #204295

Meanings

  1. 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[.]

  2. 2
    adj

    Not yet industrialized.

    a preindustrial nation

Etymology

From pre- + industrial.

Thesaurus

Word family
Derived forms preindustrially

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