industrial complex
Large factory zone
A large network of interconnected industries, government agencies, and institutions that share interests and exert significant influence over policy.
The term gained prominence with President Eisenhower's warning about the military-industrial complex—the alliance between defense contractors and the armed forces.
The pattern now extends to other sectors: prison-industrial complex, medical-industrial complex.
The phrase typically implies that profit motives compromise public interest.
Industrial production facility
- plantBotanical organism
- assembly lineSequential workstation manufacturing
- machineryCollective mechanical equipment
- automationSelf-operating system design
mass production · fabrication · foundry · mill · forge · workshop · robotics · conveyor
Corporation spanning many industries
- multinationalOperating across multiple countries
- corporationLegally separate business entity
- holdingMaintaining physical possession
- consortiumCooperative group for ventures
cartel · monopoly · oligopoly · merger · acquisition · subsidiary · affiliate · enterprise
Blade-driven energy converter
- generatorElectricity-producing machine
- megawattMillion-watt unit
- electricityEnergy from charged particles
- substationPower distribution point
transformer · grid · kilowatt · fossil fuels · nuclear · coal · oil · gas
Industrial purification facility
- warehouseBulk goods storage building
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
- pipelineLong-distance fluid transport tube
utilities · depot · dockyard · shipyard · railroad · freight · terminal · storage facility
Advocating to decision-makers
- corporatismState-group policy collaboration
- hegemonyDominant group's control
- influencePower to affect others
- policy-makingFormulating official guidelines
bureaucracy · revolving door · defense contractors · procurement · Eisenhower · government contracts · special interests · think tanks
factory
Industrial production facility
- plantBotanical organism
- assembly lineSequential workstation manufacturing
- machineryCollective mechanical equipment
automation · mass production · fabrication · foundry · mill · forge · workshop · robotics · conveyor · tooling
conglomerate
Corporation spanning many industries
- multinationalOperating across multiple countries
- corporationLegally separate business entity
- holdingMaintaining physical possession
consortium · cartel · monopoly · oligopoly · merger · acquisition · subsidiary · affiliate · enterprise · tycoon
turbine
Blade-driven energy converter
- generatorElectricity-producing machine
- megawattMillion-watt unit
- electricityEnergy from charged particles
substation · transformer · grid · kilowatt · fossil fuels · nuclear · coal · oil · gas · thermal
refinery
Industrial purification facility
- warehouseBulk goods storage building
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
pipeline · utilities · depot · dockyard · shipyard · railroad · freight · terminal · storage facility · loading dock
lobbying
Advocating to decision-makers
- corporatismState-group policy collaboration
- hegemonyDominant group's control
- influencePower to affect others
policy-making · bureaucracy · revolving door · defense contractors · procurement · Eisenhower · government contracts · special interests · think tanks · subsidies
- industryfactories, factory, automotive, manufacturing plant, manufacturing plants
- complexes
industrial complexcottage industry
Small home-based business
artisan workshop · cottage · sole proprietorship · maker space
industrial complexagrarian community
Settlement centered on farming
cottage industry · handicraft · farming village · handmade goods · subsistence farming
industrial complexnature preserve
Protected natural habitat area
wilderness area · natural landscape · green space · pristine environment · untouched land
industrial, complex, industry, industries, industrious, industriously, industrialism, industrialist, industrialize