deindustrialize

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verb (used with object)

deindustrialized, deindustrializing

to cause to lose industrial capability or strength; make less industrial in character or emphasis.
to deprive (a conquered nation) of the means or potential for industrial growth.

verb (used without object)

deindustrialized, deindustrializing

to lose industrial capability or character; become deindustrialized.

deindustrialize

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verb

(tr) to reduce the importance of manufacturing industry in the economy of (a nation or area)
(intr) (of a nation or area) to undergo reduction in the importance of manufacturing industry in the economy

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Other Word Forms

deindustrialization noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of deindustrialize¹

First recorded in 1880–85; de- + industrialize

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Wednesday afternoon on Twitter, now known as X, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones wrote that the ongoing Los Angeles wildfires have been engineered by “globalists” in order to “deindustrialize” the United States.

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Are they going to willingly deindustrialize to fit a U.S. policy of global domination?

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“This is not a plan to decarbonize the Australian economy but rather a plan to deindustrialize it,” O’Brien said.

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European and Asian media routinely mention the United States and China in the same breath, with both framed as selfish superpowers whose policies threaten to hollow out or “deindustrialize” other nations.

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I watched the shoreline deindustrialize from waterfront developments to pristine forests.

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