industrialization
noun
in·dus·tri·al·i·za·tion
in-ˌdə-strē-ə-lə-ˈzā-shən 
: the act or process of industrializing : the widespread development of industries in a region, country, culture, etc.
Industrialization and modern insect control have improved the quality of life around the globe, but they have also added some 100,000 chemical compounds that, some scientists worry, could affect the health of people and wildlife.—
Hannah Fairfield
Hannah FairfieldInvestors became convinced that growing global demand for energy, the industrialization of China and India and the lack of spare production capacity would keep crude prices surging ever upward.—A. Gary Shilling
A. Gary ShillingTelevision, like industrialization and democracy, was slow to arrive in Italy, coming in 1954, several years after it was introduced in the US.—Alexander Stille
Alexander StilleExamples of industrialization in a Sentence
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Roads, bridges, power grids, and water systems fueled industrialization and lifted living standards.
—Maurice Obeid, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The mechanization or the industrialization of the medical practices, the delivery of health care, diminishes that sense of feeling like you're valued.
—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
However, the cancer skyrocketed following the introduction of industrialization and the rise in cigarette consumption.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
As fascism spread across Europe in the twentieth century, a group of scholars known as the Frankfurt School explored how that ideology grew from the economic and psychological ground of capitalist industrialization.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 8 Sep. 2025
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Maurice Obeid, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The mechanization or the industrialization of the medical practices, the delivery of health care, diminishes that sense of feeling like you're valued.
—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
However, the cancer skyrocketed following the introduction of industrialization and the rise in cigarette consumption.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
As fascism spread across Europe in the twentieth century, a group of scholars known as the Frankfurt School explored how that ideology grew from the economic and psychological ground of capitalist industrialization.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 8 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for industrialization
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“Industrialization.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/industrialization. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.
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