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industrial society

society driven by the use of technology to enable mass production, supporting a large population with a high capacity for division of labour
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industrial society

Summary

industrial society ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (450 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • industrial society was followed by post-industrial society[2].
  • industrial society is a type of classification of societies[3].
  • industrial society's has cause is recorded as industrialisation[4].

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Definition and Type

industrial society is a type of classification of societies[3].

Why It Matters

industrial society ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (450 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[5] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[6]

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has cause → industrialisation
    Subclass of → classification of societies
    Followed by → post-industrial society
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 2011223
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ [[Property:P2347]], mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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