Meanings
nounindustrialism (countable and uncountable, plural industrialisms)
plural industrialisms
- countableuncountableThe socioeconomic system based upon the industrial production of manufactured goods, rather than on agriculture.
[…] countries that are only on the threshold of industrialism and where the main pressure comes from non-proletarian claims, especially those of the peasants and subject nationalities.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 30
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian индустриализъм
- индустриализъм (industrializăm)socio-economic system
Catalan industrialisme
- industrialismesocio-economic system
Finnish industrialismi
- industrialismisocio-economic system
French industrialisme
- industrialismesocio-economic system
German Industrialismus
- Industrialismussocio-economic system
Italian industrialismo
- industrialismosocio-economic system
Malay industrialisme
- industrialismesocio-economic system
Polish industrializm
- industrializmsocio-economic system
Portuguese industrialismo
- industrialismosocio-economic system
Romanian industrialism
- industrialismsocio-economic system
Russian индустриали́зм
- индустриали́зм (industrialízm)socio-economic system
Spanish industrialismo
- industrialismosocio-economic system
Swedish industrialism
- industrialismsocio-economic system
Ukrainian індустріалі́зм
- індустріалі́зм (industrialízm)socio-economic system
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