Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
an economic system built on large industries rather than on agriculture or craftsmanship;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Industrialism \In*dus"tri*al*ism\, n.
1. Devotion to industrial pursuits; labor; industry. --J. S.
Mill.
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2. The principles or policy applicable to industrial pursuits
or organized labor.
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Industrialism must not confounded with
industriousness. --H. Spencer.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
industrialism
n 1: an economic system built on large industries rather than on
agriculture or craftsmanship