deindustrializationnoun [ U ]
UK usually deindustrialisation uk/diː.ɪnˌdʌs.tri.ə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/us/diː.ɪnˌdʌs.tri.ə.ləˈzeɪ.ʃən/the process by which a country or area depends less and less on industry to provide most of its work or income:
the deindustrialization of America/the Northeast of England
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