industrialisation
n. uncountablen. the process of a country or area changing from a mainly farming economy to one based on factories and machines. This usually brings new jobs and technology but can also cause pollution.
n. the process by which an economy is transformed from one based on agriculture to one based on manufacturing and industry. Often involves significant urban growth and the adoption of mechanised production methods.
Rapid industrialisation changed the city's landscape.
The government's focus on industrialisation led to the construction of several large steel plants in the region.
Historians often debate whether the social upheaval caused by industrialisation was an inevitable consequence of technological progress or a result of poor labor laws.
From French industrialisation, equivalent to industrial + -isation or industrialise + -ation.