proto-industrialization

English

Etymology

From proto- +‎ industrialization.

Noun

proto-industrialization (uncountable)

  1. A phase of incipient industrialization of a country, before full industrialization, in which the necessary conditions for the latter are established.
    Alternative form: protoindustrialization
    Coordinate terms: preindustrialization; deindustrialization, postindustrialization, reindustrialization

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