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industrialization

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˌdʌstɹɪəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
  • General-American: /ɪnˌdʌstɹɪəlɪˈzeɪʃən/
  • General-American: [ɪnˌdʌst͡ʃɹɪəlɪˈzeɪʃən]
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  • Canada: /ɪnˌdʌstɹɪəlɪˈzeɪʃən/
  • Australian: /ɪnˌdɐstɹiəlɑeˈzæɪʃən/
  • rhymes with -eɪʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N D AH2 S T R IY0 AH0 L IH0 Z EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A process of social and economic change whereby a human society is transformed from a preindustrial to an industrial state.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: British, English, Oxford, US

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: deindustrialization

2

noun

Meaning 2

the development of industry on an extensive scale

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: industrialisation, industrial enterprise

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: industry, manufacture

History

Etymology

From French industrialisation. Analyzable as industrial + -ization or industrialize + -ation.

Across languages

Translations

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَصْنِيع (taṣnīʕ) — process of social and economic change
  • Arabic: تَحَوُّل صِنَاعِيّ (taḥawwul ṣināʕiyy) — process of social and economic change
  • Armenian: ինդուստրացում (industracʻum) — process of social and economic change
  • Azerbaijani: sənayeləşdirmə — process of social and economic change
  • Belarusian: індустрыяліза́цыя (industryjalizácyja) — process of social and economic change
  • Bulgarian: индустриализа́ция (industrializácija) — process of social and economic change
  • Burmese: စက်မှုလုပ်ငန်း (cakhmu.lupngan:) — process of social and economic change
  • Catalan: industrialització — process of social and economic change
  • Chinese Mandarin: 工業化 /工业化 (gōngyèhuà) — process of social and economic change
  • Chinese Mandarin: 產業化 /产业化 (chǎnyèhuà) — process of social and economic change
  • Chinese Mandarin: 事業化 /事业化 (shìyèhuà) — process of social and economic change
  • Czech: industrializace — process of social and economic change
  • Danish: industrialisering — process of social and economic change
  • Dutch: industrialisatie — process of social and economic change
  • Esperanto: industriiĝo — process of social and economic change
  • Estonian: industrialiseerimine — process of social and economic change
  • Finnish: teollistuminen — process of social and economic change
  • French: industrialisation — process of social and economic change
  • Galician: industrialización — process of social and economic change
  • Georgian: ინდუსტრიალიზაცია (indusṭrializacia) — process of social and economic change
  • German: Industrialisierung — process of social and economic change
  • Greek: εκβιομηχάνιση (ekviomichánisi) — process of social and economic change
  • Hebrew: תִּעוּשׂ \ תיעוש (ti'ús) — process of social and economic change
  • Hindi: औद्योगीकरण (audyogīkraṇ) — process of social and economic change
  • Hungarian: iparosodás — process of social and economic change
  • Icelandic: iðnvæðing — process of social and economic change
  • Indonesian: industrialisasi — process of social and economic change
  • Italian: industrializzazione — process of social and economic change
  • Japanese: 産業化 (sangyōka) — process of social and economic change
  • Japanese: 工業化 (kōgyōka) — process of social and economic change
  • Japanese: 事業化 (jigyōka) — process of social and economic change
  • Khmer: ឧស្សាហូបនីយកម្ម (ʼuhsaahoupaʼniiyĕəʼkam) — process of social and economic change
  • Korean: 산업화 (saneophwa) — process of social and economic change
  • Korean: 공업화 (gong'eophwa) — process of social and economic change
  • Lao: ການຫັນເປັນອຸດສາຫະກໍາ (kān han pen ʼut sā ha kam) — process of social and economic change
  • Latvian: industrializācija — process of social and economic change
  • Lithuanian: industrializacija — process of social and economic change
  • Macedonian: индустријализа́ција (industrijalizácija) — process of social and economic change
  • Malay: perindustrian — process of social and economic change
  • Marathi: औद्योगिकीकरण (audyogikīkraṇ) — process of social and economic change
  • Norman: îndustrialisâtion — process of social and economic change
  • Norwegian Bokmål: industrialisering — process of social and economic change
  • Persian: صنعتیسازی (san'ati-sâzi) — process of social and economic change
  • Polish: industrializacja — process of social and economic change
  • Polish: uprzemysłowienie — process of social and economic change
  • Portuguese: industrialização — process of social and economic change
  • Romanian: industrializare — process of social and economic change
  • Russian: индустриализа́ция (industrializácija) — process of social and economic change
  • Serbo-Croatian: индустријализа́ција — process of social and economic change
  • Serbo-Croatian: industrijalizácija — process of social and economic change
  • Slovak: industrializácia — process of social and economic change
  • Slovene: industrializacija — process of social and economic change
  • Spanish: industrialización — process of social and economic change
  • Swedish: industrialisering — process of social and economic change
  • Tagalog: sakalalang — process of social and economic change
  • Tagalog: pagsasakalalang — process of social and economic change
  • Tajik: санъатисозӣ (san'atisozi) — process of social and economic change
  • Thai: การปรับให้เป็นอุตสาหกรรม (gaan bpràp hâi bpen ùt-sǎa-hà-gam) — process of social and economic change
  • Turkish: sanayileşme — process of social and economic change
  • Turkish: endüstrileşme — process of social and economic change
  • Ukrainian: індустріаліза́ція (industrializácija) — process of social and economic change
  • Urdu: صنعت کاری (san'at kārī) — process of social and economic change
  • Uzbek: industrializatsiya — process of social and economic change
  • Vietnamese: sự công nghiệp hoá — process of social and economic change
Real reading context

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