subindustry

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noun

An industry that makes up part of a larger industry.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

nounsubindustry (plural subindustries)

plural subindustries

  1. An industry that makes up part of a larger industry.
    1 more example

    Another “Masterpiece” mini-series that season was “Elizabeth R,” starring a fierce and eventually half-bald Glenda Jackson, which could be said to have set into motion an entire Tudor subindustry: films and series about Boleyn’s daughter, among them the two Cate Blanchett “Elizabeth” movies and Helen Mirren ’s 2005 portrayal of the queen who was the namesake of the one she earned an Academy Award for playing a couple of years later, in “The Queen.”

    2008 March 22, Charles Mcgrath, “A British Dynasty for All Seasons”, in New York Times

Origin

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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