Meanings
nounheavy industry (uncountable)
- uncountableIndustrial processes that are very complex or involve large and heavy equipment, facilities, or end products.
From then on, the dogma of the primacy of heavy industry became a permanent part of the state ideology.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume III: The Breakdown, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozkład (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 77
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
Translations
Arabic صناعات ثقيلة
- صناعات ثقيلةheavy industry
Catalan indústria pesant
- indústria pesantheavy industry
Chinese Mandarin 重工業 /重工业
- 重工業 /重工业 (zhònggōngyè)heavy industry
Czech těžký průmysl
- těžký průmyslheavy industry
Danish sværindustri
- sværindustriheavy industry
Dutch zware industrie
- zware industrieheavy industry
Esperanto peza industrio
- peza industrioheavy industry
Estonian rasketööstus
- rasketööstusheavy industry
Finnish raskas teollisuus
- raskas teollisuusheavy industry
French industrie lourde
- industrie lourdeheavy industry
German Schwerindustrie
- Schwerindustrieheavy industry
Greek βαριά βιομηχανία
- βαριά βιομηχανία (variá viomichanía)heavy industry
Hungarian nehézipar
- nehéziparheavy industry
Icelandic þungaiðnaður
- þungaiðnaðurheavy industry
Indonesian industri berat
- industri beratheavy industry
Japanese 重工業
- 重工業 (jūkōgyō)heavy industry
Korean 중공업
- 중공업 (junggong'eop)heavy industry
Malay perindustrian berat
- perindustrian beratheavy industry
Norwegian Bokmål tungindustri
- tungindustriheavy industry
Persian صنایع سنگین
- صنایع سنگینheavy industry
Polish przemysł ciężki
- przemysł ciężkiheavy industry
Portuguese indústria pesada
- indústria pesadaheavy industry
Romanian industrie grea
- industrie greaheavy industry
Russian тяжёлая промы́шленность
- тяжёлая промы́шленность (tjažólaja promýšlennostʹ)heavy industry
Spanish industria pesada
- industria pesadaheavy industry
Swedish tung industri
- tung industriheavy industry
Turkish ağır sanayi
- ağır sanayiheavy industry
Ukrainian важка промисловість
- важка промисловість (važka promyslovistʹ)heavy industry
Vietnamese công nghiệp nặng
- công nghiệp nặngheavy industry
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heavy industry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heavy%20industry
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“heavy industry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heavy%20industry. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
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