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.

… bridges, railways, machinery, and buildings—emblems of the growing industrialization of the nation …

—Naomi Rosenblum

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

As industrialization accelerated during the 19th century, the local nutrient cycles that had sustained farming for centuries began to unravel. — Edward D. Melillo, Fortune, 27 July 2026

Wong Kim Ark also continued to protect the millions of European children who had been born in the United States to generations of immigrants during the industrialization era of the late 19th century. — Claire Ke, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 July 2026

Some experts say that expanding nuclear access on the continent is key to closing that gap, along with powering industrialization. — Jenny Vaughan, semafor.com, 20 July 2026

In June, the provincial government of Anhui published an action plan to fast-track BCI development across research, production and industrialization. — Elaine Yu, CNBC, 11 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1892, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for industrialization

• acclimatisation
• acclimatization
• acidification
• actualization
• annualization
• autocorrelation
• autoregulation
• beatification
• beneficiation
• biodegradation
• biotransformation
• bureaucratization