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industrialized

/ɪnˈdʌstriəlaɪzd/
/ɪnˈdʌstriəlaɪzd/
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Industrialized countries have a lot of businesses that produce goods in factories. The United States has had an industrialized economy since the 19th century.

When a country's economy changes from agriculture to manufacturing, it becomes industrialized. This often involves the construction of factories that produce large quantities of goods to export, and a shift in people's jobs from farming to industrial labor. The first industrialized economies were formed during the Industrial Revolution. Industrialized is from industry and the Latin root indostruus, "diligent."

Definitions of industrialized
  1. adjective
    made industrial; converted to industrialism
    industrialized areas”
    synonyms: industrialised
    industrial
    having highly developed industries
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