deindustrialization noun

(UK usually deindustrialisation) Click to hear the UK pronunciation of this word

/diː.ɪnˌdʌs.tri.əl.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ n [U]

Definition

the process by which a country or area stops having industry as its main source (= cause) of work or income

the deindustrialization of America/the North East of England

(Definition of deindustrialization noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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