industrialism

noun

in·​dus·​tri·​al·​ism in-ˈdə-strē-ə-ˌli-zəm How to pronounce industrialism (audio)
: social organization in which industries and especially large-scale industries are dominant

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Moreover, the town’s quaint coziness clashes with the advent of industrialism, and the widespread manufacture of weapons of war. Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 27 Nov. 2024 Apple's unwillingness to pursue government favors stems from Jobs's brand of progressive industrialism G. Pascal Zachary 15 Dec 2010 4 min read G. Pascal Zachary researches and writes about the past, present, and future of technological change. IEEE Spectrum, 15 Dec. 2010 The main inspirations for this project were a 1970’s sci-fi series that imagines a futuristic environment within a space that is informed by Italian industrialism and its foremost designers, such as Joe Colombo. Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024 Whatever truth there is in this view—originally directed not at industrialism but at Benthamite forms of utilitarianism, a very different thing—conceptual genealogy probably won’t dismantle the modern prison. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for industrialism 

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1826, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of industrialism was in 1826

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“Industrialism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/industrialism. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.

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