deindustrialize

English

Alternative forms

• deindustrialise

Etymology

de- +‎ industrialize

Verb

deindustrialize (third-person singular simple present deindustrializes, present participle deindustrializing, simple past and past participle deindustrialized)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To subject to deindustrialization; to deprive of industry.
   • 2022 October 25, Derek Thompson, “How the U.K. Became One of the Poorest Countries in Western Europe”, in The Atlantic‎^[1]:

     Thus, the U.K., the first nation to industrialize, was also the first to deindustrialize.

Antonyms

• reindustrialize
• industrialize

Derived terms

• deindustrialization

Translations

Translations

• Catalan: desindustrialitzar
• French: désindustrialiser (fr)
• Galician: desindustrializar
• German: deindustrialisieren, entindustrialisieren
• Italian: deindustrializzare (it)
• Portuguese: desindustrializar (pt)
• Spanish: desindustrializar (es)