industrialism

industrialism Definition

in·dus·tri·al·ism (in dus′trē əl iz′əm)

noun

social and economic organization characterized by large industries, machine production, concentration of workers in cities, etc.

industrialism Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

modern: It hated and at the same time lauded the growth of modern industrialism and the rise of the cities.
Victorian: It indicts the brutalisation and wastefulness of Victorian industrialism, and envisions the world as it might be.
German: If the gods of German industrialism fall it is because he has known exactly when to trip each of them up.
late: Lee defends a ' strong ' conception of class and calls for greater attention on the integrative role of money in late industrialism.

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