industrialism
noun
in·dus·tri·al·ism
in-ˈdə-strē-ə-ˌli-zəm 
: social organization in which industries and especially large-scale industries are dominant
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In a formative course taught by Professor Annah May Soule, Perkins visited mills along the Connecticut River to observe local working conditions and study the realities of New England industrialism.
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Amanda Hatch, Boston Herald, 26 Aug. 2025
Renoir’s film dramatized the end of an era (of high-society frivolities, as war loomed), and so does Anderson’s; namely, the end of the age of buccaneer industrialism.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 29 May 2025
Moreover, the town’s quaint coziness clashes with the advent of industrialism, and the widespread manufacture of weapons of war.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 27 Nov. 2024
The main inspirations for this project were a 1970’s sci-fi series that imagines a futuristic environment within a space that is informed by Italian industrialism and its foremost designers, such as Joe Colombo.
—Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
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Amanda Hatch, Boston Herald, 26 Aug. 2025
Renoir’s film dramatized the end of an era (of high-society frivolities, as war loomed), and so does Anderson’s; namely, the end of the age of buccaneer industrialism.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 29 May 2025
Moreover, the town’s quaint coziness clashes with the advent of industrialism, and the widespread manufacture of weapons of war.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 27 Nov. 2024
The main inspirations for this project were a 1970’s sci-fi series that imagines a futuristic environment within a space that is informed by Italian industrialism and its foremost designers, such as Joe Colombo.
—Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
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“Industrialism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/industrialism. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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