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postindustrialization

postindustrialization noun: the period marked by decline in industrialization and a social movement from blue-collar to white-collar jobs.

Noun

postindustrialization (uncountable)

  1. The period marked by decline in industrialization and a social movement from blue-collar to white-collar jobs.
    • In working out their design, the architects also kept in mind the movement from industrialization to postindustrialization, from global to local, from the free market to the farmer’s market, and from sand to hay.2008 February 7, Robin Pogrebin, “Betting a Farm Would Work in Queens”, in New York Times

Antonyms of postindustrialization

Origin of postindustrialization

From post- + industrialization.

Questions about postindustrialization

What does postindustrialization mean?
Postindustrialization means the period marked by decline in industrialization and a social movement from blue-collar to white-collar jobs.
What part of speech is postindustrialization?
Postindustrialization is a noun.

Words near postindustrialization in the dictionary

  1. postindictment
  2. postinduction
  3. postinductional
  4. postindustrial
  5. postindustrialisation
  6. postindustrialization
  7. postindustrially
  8. postinfarct
  9. postinfarcted
  10. postinfarction
  11. postinfection

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