Industrialism
[ɪn'dʌstrɪəlɪz(ə)m] or [ɪn'dʌstrɪəlɪzəm]
Definition
(noun.) an economic system built on large industries rather than on agriculture or craftsmanship.
Editor: Wallace--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Devotion to industrial pursuits; labor; industry.
(n.) The principles or policy applicable to industrial pursuits or organized labor.
Checker: Ophelia
Examples
- Unquestionably the doctrine-driven men who made the economics of the last century had much to do with the halo which encircled the smutted head of industrialism. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Almost every attempt to mitigate the hardships of industrialism has had to deal with the bogey of liberty. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Had I been looking for an example of the finest expert inquiry, there would have been little question that the vivid and intensive study of Pittsburgh's industrialism was the example to use. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- In 1765 Watt's steam engine was constructed, a very important date in the history of industrialism. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Their nationalism is just industrialism--that and a shallow jealousy I detest so much. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The old mercantilist policy was giving way to early industrialism: a thousand unconscious economic and social forces were compelling the change. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Checker: Lowell