Meanings
nounFordism (uncountable)
- uncountableAn economic and social system based on industrial mass production, where the worker is paid relatively high wages in order to buy in large quantity the products turned out in mass production.
Origin
From Ford + -ism, named after American industrialist Henry Ford (1863–1947).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic فَوْرِدِيَّة
- فَوْرِدِيَّة (fawridiyya)Fordism
Basque fordismo
- fordismoFordism
Catalan fordisme
- fordismeFordism
Chinese Mandarin 福特制
- 福特制 (fútèzhì)Fordism
Czech fordismus
- fordismusFordism
Danish fordisme
- fordismeFordism
Dutch fordisme
- fordismeFordism
Esperanto fordismo
- fordismoFordism
Finnish fordismi
- fordismiFordism
French fordisme
- fordismeFordism
German Fordismus
- FordismusFordism
Greek φορντισμός
- φορντισμός (forntismós)Fordism
Icelandic fordismi
- fordismiFordism
Indonesian fordisme
- fordismeFordism
Italian fordismo
- fordismoFordism
Japanese フォーディズム
- フォーディズム (fōdizumu)Fordism
Korean 포드주의
- 포드주의 (podeujuui)Fordism
Malay fordisme
- fordismeFordism
Norwegian Bokmål fordisme
- fordismeFordism
Persian فوردگرایی
- فوردگراییFordism
Polish fordyzm
- fordyzmFordism
Portuguese fordismo
- fordismoFordism
Romanian fordism
- fordismFordism
Russian форди́зм
- форди́зм (fordízm)Fordism
Slovak fordizmus
- fordizmusFordism
Spanish fordismo
- fordismoFordism
Swedish fordism
- fordismFordism
Turkish fordizm
- fordizmFordism
Ukrainian фордизм
- фордизм (fordyzm)Fordism
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Cite this entry
APA
Fordism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fordism
MLA
“Fordism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fordism. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Fordism,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fordism.
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