disindustrialization

Noun

deindustrialization (countable and uncountable, plural deindustrializations)

1. A decrease in industrial activity or capacity.
   • The U.K. is now an object lesson for other countries dealing with a dark triad of deindustrialization, degrowth, and denigration of foreigners.2022 October 25, Derek Thompson, “How the U.K. Became One of the Poorest Countries in Western Europe”, in The Atlantic

   Antonyms:

   reindustrialization