Advertisement
Advertisement
deindustrialize
[ dee-in-duhs-tree-uh-lahyz ]
verb (used with object)
- to cause to lose industrial capability or strength; make less industrial in character or emphasis.
- to deprive (a conquered nation) of the means or potential for industrial growth.
verb (used without object)
- to lose industrial capability or character; become deindustrialized.
deindustrialize
/ ˌ徱ːɪˈʌٰɪəˌɪ /
verb
- tr to reduce the importance of manufacturing industry in the economy of (a nation or area)
- intr (of a nation or area) to undergo reduction in the importance of manufacturing industry in the economy
Other yvlog Forms
- i·ܲt···tDz noun
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of deindustrialize1
Example Sentences
Some online conservatives incorrectly claim the fire departments lack money because of funds given to support Ukraine against Russia, while top Trump adviser and Tesla CEO Elon Musk expressed agreement with a post from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones attributing the wildfires to a “larger globalist plot to wage economic warfare and deindustrialize” the United States before “triggering total collapse.”
Wednesday afternoon on Twitter, now known as X, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones wrote that the ongoing Los Angeles wildfires have been engineered by “globalists” in order to “deindustrialize” the United States.
Are they going to willingly deindustrialize to fit a U.S. policy of global domination?
“This is not a plan to decarbonize the Australian economy but rather a plan to deindustrialize it,” O’Brien said.
European and Asian media routinely mention the United States and China in the same breath, with both framed as selfish superpowers whose policies threaten to hollow out or “deindustrialize” other nations.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse