Industrialized

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. The transformation of economies involves a heavy focus on manufacturing and the establishment of large-scale industries, indicating a shift from agriculture to urban life
2. Characterized by a significant movement towards factory-based production and industrial growth, reflecting changes in societal structures from rural to urban settings
3. The process of changing economic systems emphasizes extensive manufacturing and the development of significant industries, resulting in a transition from agrarian to urban lifestyles

Etymology: The word is built from "industrialize" plus the past-participle ending "-ed", and "industrialize" itself traces back to the Latin "industria", meaning diligence or zeal. That Latin noun was itself related to "industrius", meaning diligent or active, and the sense of hard work passed into French as "industrie", which came to mean productive activity and then manufacturing. English borrowed the French noun and later formed the verb "industrialize" from it, from which the adjective followed. The verb sits at the end of a longer chain. It traces through French "industrialiser" and back to the Late Latin suffix "-izare", which came from Ancient Greek "-ízein", a suffix used to form verbs meaning to make or to act in a certain way. Its earliest attested sense is therefore simply to make something into an industry, and the adjective describes what has been brought into that condition.

Synonyms: developed, modernized, urbanized, commercialized, capitalized

Antonyms: undeveloped, rural, primitive, agricultural, unindustrialized