deindustrialize

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de- + industrialize

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

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