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Etymology

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From pro- +‎ industrial.

Adjective

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proindustrial (not comparable)

  1. (politics) Favoring industry
    Antonym: antiindustrial
    • 1988 January 8, Grant Pick, “A Plant Dies in Cragin”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
      The NNF study, prepared by the proindustrial University of Illinois' Center for Urban Economic Development (CUED) [] , found that within a two-mile radius of the plant there was a close match between purchasing power and retail sales.