deindustrialize

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verb

To subject to deindustrialization; to deprive of industry.

Opposite
industrializereindustrialize
OriginEnglish industrialize ← Latin dē- ← Proto-Italic *dē →
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Meanings

verbdeindustrialize (third-person singular simple present deindustrializes, present participle deindustrializing, simple past and past participle deindustrialized)

present singular third person deindustrializes · participle present deindustrializing · participle past deindustrialized · past deindustrialized

  1. intransitivetransitiveTo subject to deindustrialization; to deprive of industry.

    Thus, the U.K., the first nation to industrialize, was also the first to deindustrialize.

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

    Antonyms: industrialize, reindustrialize

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo subject to deindustrialization; to deprive of industry.

Opposite
industrializereindustrialize

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Englishindustrialize
  8. Englishdeindustrialize

From de- + industrialize.

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Translations

Catalan desindustrialitzar
  • desindustrialitzarTranslations
Chinese Mandarin 去工業化 /去工业化
  • 去工業化 /去工业化 (qùgōngyèhuà)Translations
French désindustrialiser
  • désindustrialiserTranslations
German deindustrialisieren, entindustrialisieren
  • deindustrialisierenTranslations
  • entindustrialisierenTranslations
Italian deindustrializzare
  • deindustrializzareTranslations
Portuguese desindustrializar
  • desindustrializarTranslations
Spanish desindustrializar
  • desindustrializarTranslations
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APA

deindustrialize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deindustrialize

MLA

“deindustrialize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deindustrialize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deindustrialize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deindustrialize.

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