deindustrialization

English

Alternative forms

• deindustrialisation

Etymology

From de- +‎ industrialization or deindustrialize +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

deindustrialization (countable and uncountable, plural deindustrializations)

1. A decrease in industrial activity or capacity.
   • 2022 October 25, Derek Thompson, “How the U.K. Became One of the Poorest Countries in Western Europe”, in The Atlantic‎^[1]:

     The U.K. is now an object lesson for other countries dealing with a dark triad of deindustrialization, degrowth, and denigration of foreigners.

Antonyms

• industrialization
• reindustrialization

Related terms

• deindustrialize

Translations

Translations

• Catalan: desindustrialització f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 去工業化 / 去工业化 (qùgōngyèhuà)

• Finnish: deindustrialisaatio (fi)
• French: désindustrialisation (fr) f
• Galician: desindustrialización (gl) f
• Georgian: უკუინდუსტრიალიზაცია (uḳuindusṭrializacia), დეინდუსტრიალიზაცია (deindusṭrializacia)
• German: Deindustrialisierung (de) f, Entindustrialisierung f
• Greek: αποβιομηχάνιση (el) f (apoviomichánisi)
• Italian: deindustrializzazione (it) f
• Polish: dezindustrializacja (pl) f, odprzemysłowienie (pl) n
• Portuguese: desindustrialização f
• Russian: деиндустриализация (ru) f (deindustrializacija)
• Spanish: desindustrialización f