postindustrial

adjective

post·​in·​dus·​tri·​al ˌpōst-in-ˈdə-strē-əl 

: occurring in, existing in, or being a period of social and economic development after the predominance of large-scale industry

postindustrial towns

Coastal hubs like New York and San Francisco have staked their futures on postindustrial technology, finance, and business services.

—Aaron M. Renn

Example Sentences

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Some might argue that any reconnection between postindustrial man and the environment is good. —Heather Souvaine Horn, The New Republic, 24 Nov. 2022

At the same time, the unusual fight over an unglamorous structure also seems particularly apt for Buffalo, a postindustrial city that has long endured a lack of respect but has seen a welcome uptick in population and economic investment over the last decade. —New York Times, 22 Jan. 2022

Its lumber- and flour-milling past is reflected in the ruins of several mills — the first dates to the 1850s — and then there's the more recent memory of Fuji Ya, the pioneering Japanese restaurant that drew diners to the postindustrial riverfront from 1967 to 1990. —Rick Nelson, Star Tribune, 4 June 2021

From boom to bust Americans are used to having products and services one click away – a society often described as postindustrial and knowledge-based. —Bywill Daniel, Fortune, 3 Feb. 2023

His massive, digitally altered pictures—of stock-exchange floors, night clubs, luxury hotels, and ninety-nine-cent stores—present the sublime profusion of our postindustrial world with the help of its paradigmatic tool, the computer. —Chris Wiley, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2022

From boom to bust Americans are used to having products and services one click away - a society often described as postindustrial and knowledge-based. —Tony Schmitz, The Conversation, 4 Jan. 2023

Feel good about their packaging too – instead of Styrofoam, the shipping box is insulated with a biodegradable cotton liner made from 100 percent postindustrial content, which can also can be recycled anywhere that accepts household textiles. —Jeanne O'brien Coffey, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined above