postindustrial

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adjective

Describing the economy of a nation in which manufacturing industry becomes less important and the service and information industries become more important.

Similar
industrial
Opposite
preindustrial
OriginEnglish industrial ← Latin post ← Old Latin poste →
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Meanings

adjectivepostindustrial (comparative more postindustrial, superlative most postindustrial)

comparative more postindustrial · superlative most postindustrial

  1. Describing the economy of a nation in which manufacturing industry becomes less important and the service and information industries become more important.

    One hypermodern trend entails technological development, producing a postindustrial, information-infused society. This also leads to globalization...

    2000, Stuart S Nagel, Handbook of global political policy

    Antonyms: preindustrial

  2. entertainmentOf or relating to a genre of music derived from industrial music but with electronic and rock influences.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveDescribing the economy of a nation in which manufacturing industry becomes less important and the service and information industries become more important.

Opposite
preindustrial

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveof or relating to a society or economy marked by a lessened importance of manufacturing and an increase of services, information, and research

Similar
industrial
Also see
industrial

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pósti
  3. Proto-Italic*posti
  4. Old Latinposte
  5. Latinpost
  6. Englishpost-
  7. Englishindustrial
  8. Englishpostindustrial

From post- + industrial.

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Translations

Finnish jälkiteollinen
  • jälkiteollinendescribing a type of economy
Italian postindustriale
  • postindustrialedescribing a type of economy
Polish postindustrialny
  • postindustrialnydescribing a type of economy
Portuguese pós-industrial
  • pós-industrialdescribing a type of economy
Russian постиндустриа́льный
  • постиндустриа́льный (postindustriálʹnyj)describing a type of economy
Slovak postindustriálny
  • postindustriálnydescribing a type of economy
Spanish postindustrial, posindustrial
  • postindustrialdescribing a type of economy
  • posindustrialdescribing a type of economy
Swedish postindustriell
  • postindustrielldescribing a type of economy
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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