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

Investors 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

Television, like industrialization and democracy, was slow to arrive in Italy, coming in 1954, several years after it was introduced in the US.

—Alexander Stille

Examples of industrialization in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Thanks to a secret brain-swapping experiment, Mabel is able to transfer her mind into a robot beaver and heads to a pond, where refugees from the encroaching industrialization have landed. —Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 13 June 2025

And here’s a perfect illustration of both the industrialization and the global nature of this scam industry now plaguing the U.S., Europe and elsewhere. —Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025

Manchester's rapid industrialization and the beginning of workers' movements In the early 19th century, Manchester became the center of the world's cotton trade. —Lauren Frayer, NPR, 19 Apr. 2025

Many developed in a fairly particular set of circumstances, namely that of a previously agricultural, communitarian country that aimed to copy the Anglo-American model of industrialization despite not having what may be called functional equity markets. —Radu Magdin, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1892, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for industrialization

• americanization
• anticoagulation
• antidiscrimination
• bioaccumulation
• bioremediation
• compartmentalization
• contextualization
• copolymerization
• decriminalization
• dehumidification
• demilitarization
• demineralization