Associations to the word «Industrialism»

Wiktionary

INDUSTRIALISM, noun. The socio-economic system based upon the industrial production of manufactured goods, rather than on agriculture.

Dictionary definition

INDUSTRIALISM, noun. An economic system built on large industries rather than on agriculture or craftsmanship.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats