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

In other words, industrialization was already taking a toll, and land use was already putting significant pressure on the Earth’s system much earlier than the onset of climate warnings. —Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 17 Aug. 2025

This spatial patriarchy is as old as industrialization and urbanization. —Kayla Gabehart, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2025

Prior to beer’s industrialization, women, especially nuns, were the continent’s original brewers, funding their convents while experimenting with new styles. —Jamie Ditaranto, AFAR Media, 13 Aug. 2025

Evidence has shown that the Chinese are fantastic at it, in industrialization. —Alan Ohnsman, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 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