Meanings
adjectiveproindustrial (not comparable)
alternative pro-industrial
- not comparablegovernmentFavoring industry
The NNF study, prepared by the proindustrial University of Illinois' Center for Urban Economic Development (CUED)[…], found that within a two-mile radius of the plant there was a close match between purchasing power and retail sales.
1988 January 8, Grant Pick, “A Plant Dies in Cragin”, in Chicago ReaderAntonyms: antiindustrial
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveFavoring industry
Opposite
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
- Proto-Indo-European*pér
- Proto-Indo-European*pró
- Proto-Italic*prō
- Latinprō
- Englishpro-
- Englishindustrial
- Englishproindustrial
From pro- + industrial.
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proindustrial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proindustrial
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“proindustrial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proindustrial. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “proindustrial,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proindustrial.
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