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

deindustrialize

(ˌ)dē-in-ˈdə-strē-ə-ˌlīz 

verb

Examples of deindustrialization in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Last month, New Zealand’s oil and gas drilling ban - in place since 2018 - was lifted as the country grapples with an energy crisis and fears of deindustrialization. —Gaurav Sharma, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025

Decades of deindustrialization have harmed large swaths of the American workforce and undermined U.S. national security by creating supply chain dependencies on potential adversaries. —Wally Adeyemo, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025

While Europe struggles with deindustrialization, Asia is leaning on coal to tackle energy poverty and industrialize. —Syd S. Peng, Boston Herald, 8 Aug. 2025

The Solano Foundry aims to reverse years of deindustrialization in California, which has increasingly ceded its manufacturing leadership to states such as Texas and other countries, said Jan Sramek, chief executive officer of California Forever. —Bloomberg, Mercury News, 18 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1940, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for deindustrialization

• immunoprecipitation
• individualisation
• individualization
• institutionalisation
• institutionalization
• internationalization
• neovascularization
• operationalization
• abbreviation
• abomination
• acceleration
• accentuation