deindustrialization
noun
de·in·dus·tri·al·i·za·tion
(ˌ)dē-in-ˌdə-strē-ə-lə-ˈzā-shən 
: the reduction or destruction of a nation's or region's industrial capacity
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Together, these trends led to the United Kingdom’s gradual deindustrialization and eventual decline.
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Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2025
This is the deindustrialization process that the US and Western Europe have experienced in recent decades.
—Dylan Matthews, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Reuther’s advocacy illuminates how free trade wasn’t the villain in the story of deindustrialization that it has long been made out to be.
— Made By History, Time, 21 Apr. 2025
Contemporary sociology invites us, perhaps rightly, to extend the traditional concept to include the working-class experience of deindustrialization and the precarity of the white-collar knowledge worker denied a secure job.
—Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
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Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2025
This is the deindustrialization process that the US and Western Europe have experienced in recent decades.
—Dylan Matthews, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Reuther’s advocacy illuminates how free trade wasn’t the villain in the story of deindustrialization that it has long been made out to be.
— Made By History, Time, 21 Apr. 2025
Contemporary sociology invites us, perhaps rightly, to extend the traditional concept to include the working-class experience of deindustrialization and the precarity of the white-collar knowledge worker denied a secure job.
—Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for deindustrialization
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“Deindustrialization.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deindustrialization. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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