industrial civilization

collocation in English

meaningsofindustrialandcivilization

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industrial
adjective
uk
/ɪnˈdʌs.tri.əl/us
/ɪnˈdʌs.tri.əl/
in or related to industry, or having a lot of industry and ...
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civilization
noun
uk
/ˌsɪv.əl.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌsɪv.əl.əˈzeɪ.ʃən/
human society with its well developed social organizations, or the culture and way of life of a society or country at a particular period ...
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(Definition ofindustrialandcivilizationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The degree to which the continuity scope condition is met has diminished and probably will continue to diminish given the magnitude of the effect ofindustrialcivilizationon the environment.
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In many respects and to a high degree, their ruralism is a conscious and unconscious reflection of the orientalist bias of the westernindustrialcivilizationagainst non-western agrarian societies.
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Dagur orleifsson emphasized that the religion constituted a movement back to nature, seeking refuge from the ills ofindustrialcivilization.
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It is also possible that intelligence is common, butindustrialcivilizationis not.
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The book describes itself as a manual on how to build a resistance movement that will bring downindustrialcivilizationand save the planet.
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Accordingly, he exhorts readers and audiences to help bring an end toindustrialcivilization.
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Against the concept ofindustrialcivilization, it opposed its naturist vision.
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The second industrial phase encompasses modernindustrialcivilizationwhere machines temporarily lift all limits to growth.
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It develops a critique ofindustrialcivilization.
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They are shocked to find that in the course of only 800 years the inhabitants have moved from a primitive agricultural society to anindustrialcivilization.
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Petroleum is vital to many industries, and is of importance to the maintenance ofindustrialcivilization in its current configuration, and thus is a critical concern for many nations.
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The study, he said, found that modelling of business-as-usual scenarios attempting to capture key features of current industrial civilisation consistently showed trajectories leading to civilisational collapse.
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