industrialism

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Industrialism is a system where goods and services are produced using factories and machines. It's like a big, industrial-sized conveyor belt that makes lots of things quickly.

When people talk about industrialism, they usually mean how it changed society - especially during the Industrial Revolution in Europe and North America from the 18th to 19th centuries. They might discuss how workers moved from farms and villages to cities for factory jobs, or how new machines made production faster and cheaper. Some also use the term to describe modern economies that rely heavily on factories and technology, like China's or the US's.

How common is "industrialism"?

Word industrialism is considered rare in modern English.
It appears most frequently in academic texts and less often in other writings.
Definitions

noun

  • The socioeconomic system based upon the industrial production of manufactured goods, rather than on agriculture.

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