postindustrialization

noun

The period marked by decline in industrialization and a social movement from blue-collar to white-collar jobs.

Opposite
preindustrialization
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Meanings

nounpostindustrialization (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe period marked by decline in industrialization and a social movement from blue-collar to white-collar jobs.

    In working out their design, the architects also kept in mind the movement from industrialization to postindustrialization, from global to local, from the free market to the farmer’s market, and from sand to hay.

    2008 February 7, Robin Pogrebin, “Betting a Farm Would Work in Queens”, in New York Times

    Antonyms: preindustrialization

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe period marked by decline in industrialization and a social movement from blue-collar to white-collar jobs.

Opposite
preindustrialization

Origin

From post- + industrialization.

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

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

Chicago

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

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