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deindustrialization

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • rhymes with -eɪʃən

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noun

Meaning 1

A decrease in industrial activity or capacity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: reindustrialization

History

Etymology

From de- + industrialization or deindustrialize + -ation.

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: desindustrialització — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 去工業化 /去工业化 (qùgōngyèhuà) — Translations
  • Finnish: deindustrialisaatio — Translations
  • French: désindustrialisation — Translations
  • Galician: desindustrialización — Translations
  • Georgian: უკუინდუსტრიალიზაცია (uḳuindusṭrializacia) — Translations
  • Georgian: დეინდუსტრიალიზაცია (deindusṭrializacia) — Translations
  • German: Deindustrialisierung — Translations
  • German: Entindustrialisierung — Translations
  • Greek: αποβιομηχάνιση (apoviomichánisi) — Translations
  • Italian: deindustrializzazione — Translations
  • Japanese: 産業空洞化 (sangyō kūdōka) — Translations
  • Japanese: 空洞化 (kūdōka) — Translations
  • Polish: dezindustrializacja — Translations
  • Polish: odprzemysłowienie — Translations
  • Portuguese: desindustrialização — Translations
  • Russian: деиндустриализация (deindustrializacija) — Translations
  • Spanish: desindustrialización — Translations