overindustrialize

verb

over·​in·​dus·​tri·​al·​ize ˌō-vər-in-ˈdə-strē-ə-ˌlīz 

variants also British overindustrialise

overindustrialized; overindustrializing

transitive verb

: to industrialize (something) to an excessive degree

economic pressure to overindustrialize the country

overindustrialized adjective

also British overindustrialised

an overindustrialized society

overindustrialization

ˌō-vər-in-ˌdə-strē-ə-lə-ˈzā-shən 

noun

also British overindustrialisation

overindustrialization of rural regions

Word History

First Known Use

1913, in the meaning defined above