Industrialization
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noun.
a process of social and economic change whereby a human society is transformed from a
pre-industrial
to an
industrial
state
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noun.
the development of industry on an extensive scale
Word Usage
"There is one word in Russia that is the great curse of all this industrialization, - the Russian word, "Nichevo", which means, "I should worry"."