industrialism
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The soot-blackened Philadelphia he encountered, then in a state of urban decay, sparked his lifelong fascination with industrialism, destitution and the macabre.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
A similar thinking gave rise in the early 1800s to utopian experiments—small groups living off the land and, typically, sharing an aversion to industrialism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
Sherrell does not offer statistics to support his assertions about the environmental impact of industrialism, colonialism and capitalism.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 5, 2021
Their ideology, based on Saint-Simon’s writings, envisaged a society in which industrialism was harnessed to make a kind of heaven on earth, with the fruits of technology going to feed, clothe, and house, potentially, everyone.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
In England, a new industrialism was growing, and on the continent, a new nationalism.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
Vocabulary lists containing industrialism
Chapter 23: Political and Industrial Revolutions
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