postindustrial

1. 1.

   of or relating to a society or economy marked by a lessened importance of manufacturing and an increase of services, information, and research

   “postindustrial countries”

   Similarindustrial

Questions about postindustrial

What does postindustrial mean?

postindustrial means "of or relating to a society or economy marked by a lessened importance of manufacturing and an increase of services, information, and research".

How many syllables are in postindustrial?

postindustrial has 5 syllables and divides as po-stin-du-stri-al under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is postindustrial a common word?

postindustrial is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.