Vocabulary

industrialization

産(さん)業(ぎょう)化(か)

B2 · Upper-intermediate Rare

Samraworld Dictionary

(1) Noun

The process by which a country or region develops large-scale industries and factories.

国(くに)や地域(ちいき)が工場(こうじょう)や大(だい)規模(きぼ)な生産(せいさん)設備(せつび)を中心(ちゅうしん)とした産業(さんぎょう)を発展(はってん)させていく過程(かてい)。

Examples

  1. The railway played a key role in Japan’s rapid industrialization.
  2. Industrialization changed people’s lifestyles and where they lived.

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