deindustrialization

From de- +‎ industrialization or deindustrialize +‎ -ation.

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

deindustrialization (countable and uncountable, plural deindustrializations)

1. A decrease in industrial activity or capacity.

   Alternative form: deindustrialisation

   Antonym: reindustrialization

   Coordinate terms: preindustrialization, industrialization, postindustrialization

   • 2022 October 25, Derek Thompson, “How the U.K. Became One of the Poorest Countries in Western Europe”, in The Atlantic‎^[1]:

     The U.K. is now an object lesson for other countries dealing with a dark triad of deindustrialization, degrowth, and denigration of foreigners.