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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Cities like Detroit that are still trying to bounce back from deindustrialization know from experience how critical this is.
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Darlene Xiomara Rodriguez, The Conversation, 30 May 2025
This is the diagnosis that economic populists from Donald Trump to Sen. Bernie Sanders have offered for deindustrialization: Trade competition from China, Mexico, and the like meant that manufacturing jobs shifted from high-paying union shops in the US to low-paying jobs in those countries.
—Dylan Matthews, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
As these sectors declined and men began to lose jobs through deindustrialization, a series of social ills followed, including rising crime rates, a crack cocaine epidemic, and a deterioration of family life, which helped transmit poverty from one generation to the next.
—Francis Fukuyama, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2018
Together, these trends led to the United Kingdom’s gradual deindustrialization and eventual decline.
—Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2025
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Darlene Xiomara Rodriguez, The Conversation, 30 May 2025
This is the diagnosis that economic populists from Donald Trump to Sen. Bernie Sanders have offered for deindustrialization: Trade competition from China, Mexico, and the like meant that manufacturing jobs shifted from high-paying union shops in the US to low-paying jobs in those countries.
—Dylan Matthews, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
As these sectors declined and men began to lose jobs through deindustrialization, a series of social ills followed, including rising crime rates, a crack cocaine epidemic, and a deterioration of family life, which helped transmit poverty from one generation to the next.
—Francis Fukuyama, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2018
Together, these trends led to the United Kingdom’s gradual deindustrialization and eventual decline.
—Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 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 13 Jun. 2025.
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