Deindustrialize
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Deindustrialize is a verb meaning (transitive, intransitive) To subject to deindustrialization; to deprive of industry.
Meaning
(transitive, intransitive) To subject to deindustrialization; to deprive of industry.
Example Sentences
Thus, the U.K., the first nation to industrialize, was also the first to deindustrialize.
Word Forms
- deindustrializes
- deindustrializing
- deindustrialized
Antonyms for deindustrialize
Common opposites include industrialize, reindustrialize.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include deindustrialise, decommercialize, deinstitutionalize, disemploy, depopulate, decolorate.
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