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Definition of Industrial Society
(noun) A society based on mechanical labor, as opposed to manual labor, to create material goods.
Examples of Industrial Society
- Baking loaves of bread in a factory as opposed to a small bakery that makes bread by hand.
- Farms that harvest vegetables using machinery instead of human labor.
Industrial Society Pronunciation
Syllabification: in·dus·tri·al so·ci·e·ty
Audio Pronunciation
Phonetic Spelling
- American English – /in-dUH-stree-uhl suh-sIE-uh-tee/
- British English – /in-dUH-striuhl suh-sIE-uh-tee/
International Phonetic Alphabet
- American English – /ɪnˈdʌstriəl səˈsaɪəti/
- British English – /ɪnˈdʌstrɪəl səˈsaɪəti/
Usage Note
- Plural: industrial societies
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Additional Information
- Word origin of “industrial” and “society” – Online Etymology Dictionary: etymonline.com
- Boulding, Elise. 1976. The Underside of History. Boulder, CO: Westview.
- Dahrendorf, Ralf. 1959. Class and Class Conflict in Industrial Society. London, Routledge.
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Cite the Definition of Industrial Society
ASA – American Sociological Association (5th edition)
Bell, Kenton, ed. 2013. “industrial society.” In Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Retrieved September 17, 2024 (https://sociologydictionary.org/industrial-society/).
APA – American Psychological Association (6th edition)
industrial society. (2013). In K. Bell (Ed.), Open education sociology dictionary. Retrieved from https://sociologydictionary.org/industrial-society/
Chicago/Turabian: Author-Date – Chicago Manual of Style (16th edition)
Bell, Kenton, ed. 2013. “industrial society.” In Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Accessed September 17, 2024. https://sociologydictionary.org/industrial-society/.
MLA – Modern Language Association (7th edition)
“industrial society.” Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Ed. Kenton Bell. 2013. Web. 17 Sep. 2024. <https://sociologydictionary.org/industrial-society/>.