deindustrialization

noun

A decrease in industrial activity or capacity.

Opposite
reindustrialization
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Meanings

noundeindustrialization (countable and uncountable, plural deindustrializations)

plural deindustrializations

  1. countableuncountableA decrease in industrial activity or capacity.

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

    2022 October 25, Derek Thompson, “How the U.K. Became One of the Poorest Countries in Western Europe”, in The Atlantic

    Antonyms: reindustrialization

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA decrease in industrial activity or capacity.

Opposite
reindustrialization

Origin

From de- + industrialization or deindustrialize + -ation.

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Translations

Catalan desindustrialització
  • desindustrialitzacióTranslations
Chinese Mandarin 去工業化 /去工业化
  • 去工業化 /去工业化 (qùgōngyèhuà)Translations
Finnish deindustrialisaatio
  • deindustrialisaatioTranslations
French désindustrialisation
  • désindustrialisationTranslations
German Deindustrialisierung, Entindustrialisierung
  • DeindustrialisierungTranslations
  • EntindustrialisierungTranslations
Greek αποβιομηχάνιση
  • αποβιομηχάνιση (apoviomichánisi)Translations
Italian deindustrializzazione
  • deindustrializzazioneTranslations
Japanese 産業空洞化, 空洞化
  • 産業空洞化 (sangyō kūdōka)Translations
  • 空洞化 (kūdōka)Translations
Polish dezindustrializacja, odprzemysłowienie
  • dezindustrializacjaTranslations
  • odprzemysłowienieTranslations
Portuguese desindustrialização
  • desindustrializaçãoTranslations
Russian деиндустриализация
  • деиндустриализация (deindustrializacija)Translations
Spanish desindustrialización
  • desindustrializaciónTranslations

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with deindustrialization

informationeducationlocationapplicationassociationadministrationorganizationcorporationregistrationAsianfoundationcommunicationpopulationnavigationstationaccommodationoperationpublicationvacationtransportationevaluationimplementationinstallationnation
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Cite this entry
APA

deindustrialization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deindustrialization

MLA

“deindustrialization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deindustrialization. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deindustrialization,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deindustrialization.

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