Fordism

noun

Ford·​ism

-ˌdizəm

plural -s

: a technological system that seeks to increase production efficiency primarily through carefully engineered breakdown and interlocking of production operations and that depends for its success on mass production by assembly-line methods

Word History

Etymology

Henry Ford †1947 American auto manufacturer + English -ism

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