industrialized

Converted to manufacturing

Industrialized describes a nation or region whose economy has developed large-scale manufacturing and modern infrastructure.

An industrialized country has factories, advanced technology, and high productivity.

The term often contrasts with developing or agricultural economies: The industrialized West consumes disproportionate resources.

To industrialize is to undergo this economic transformation.

mechanized

machinery

Collective mechanical equipment

turbine · hydraulics · pistons · gears · motorized · conveyor · diesel · crane · lathe · welding

nations

developed

Grew or advanced

economies · globalized · modernized · prosperous · capitalist · Western · G7 · OECD · emerging

manufacturing

factory

Industrial production facility

output · goods · commodities · steelworks · textiles · chemicals · pharmaceuticals · electronics · plastics · foundry

urban

metropolis

Large important city

congestion · pollution · smog · commute · downtown · high-rise · tenements · urbanization · slums · zoning

innovation

research

Systematic fact-finding effort

biotech · nanotechnology · aerospace · startups · entrepreneurship · incubators · disruption · fintech · cleantech · silicon

infrastructure

highways

Major intercity roads

  • railroadsTrain transportation systems
  • bridgesStructures spanning obstacles
  • portsShip berths or device jacks

airports · pipelines · electricity · dams · telecommunications · sewers · logistics · tunnels · refineries · shipping

Categories
Opposites
economic development stage

industrializedunderdeveloped

Insufficiently grown or advanced

developing · nonindustrialized · undeveloped · unindustrialized · preindustrial

primary economic activity

industrializedagrarian

Relating to land cultivation

agricultural · farming · nonindustrial · pastoral · rural

natural vs. mechanized state

industrializednatural

Not artificially produced

artisanal · handmade · handcrafted · unmechanized · manual

Family

industrialization, industrialize, industrializing, industrializes, deindustrialize, deindustrialized, industrializations, deindustrializing

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