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

The report found that so far this year, Asia has faced the greatest impacts of ozone pollution, fueled by widespread anthropogenic emissions from industrialization, economic development, urban expansion and transport across the continent. — Dan Peck, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026

The partners combined Orano’s experience in industrialization and complex processes with the CEA’s scientific expertise in magnet design and advanced materials for energy applications. — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026

Fashion can successfully contend with questions about industrialization and AI. — Shane O’Neill, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2026

The setting of Cahokia, with the Mississippi River running through the city, fog lifting from the surface to meld with the heat and smoke of early industrialization, is appropriately moody. — John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 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