industrialisation
industrialisation is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of industrialization.
Meaning of industrialization
Noun
industrialization (plural industrializations)
- A process of social and economic change whereby a human society is transformed from a preindustrial to an industrial state.
- It was during this period of industrialization that the individualistic world view of classical liberalism became the dominant ideology of capitalism.1990, E. K. Hunt, Property and Prophets, 6th edition, New York: Harper & Row, →ISBN, →OCLC
- Antonyms:
- deindustrialization
Forms of industrialisation
| plural | industrialisations |
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Origin of industrialisation
From French industrialisation, equivalent to industrial + -isation or industrialise + -ation.
Words formed from industrialisation
Words that rhyme with industrialisation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
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- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about industrialisation
- What is industrialisation the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
- Industrialisation is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of industrialization.
Words near industrialisation in the dictionary
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