industrialized
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Made industrial; converted to industrialism: Describes a country, region, or area that has developed a large-scale manufacturing and technological economic base, often involving the widespread use of machinery and factories. It implies a shift from a primarily agricultural society.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The government invested in infrastructure to support the newly industrialized zone.
- Compared to its neighbors, it is a highly industrialized nation with a strong export economy.
- Pollution became a significant problem in the rapidly industrialized regions of the country.
Advanced Usage
- Newly Industrialized Country (NIC): A socioeconomic classification for a country whose level of economic development is between that of developing and fully developed countries, characterized by rapid industrial growth and export-oriented economies.
- South Korea and Taiwan are often cited as classic examples of newly industrialized countries.
Variants and Related Words
- Industrialize (verb): To develop industry on a large scale.
- The nation sought to industrialize its economy to create jobs.
- Industrialization (noun): The process of developing industries in a country or region on a wide scale.
- The industrialization of the 19th century changed society profoundly.
- Industrial (adjective): Relating to or characterized by industry.
- The city's landscape is dominated by industrial buildings.
- Post-industrial (adjective): Relating to an economy that is no longer based on heavy industry but on services and information.
- Many industrialized nations are now considered post-industrial economies.
Synonyms
- Developed (in an economic/industrial context)
- Manufacturing-based
- Technologically advanced (can be a related concept)
Antonyms
- Agrarian
- Pre-industrial
- Developing (in an economic/industrial context)
Adjective
- made industrial; converted to industrialism
- industrialized areas