Meaning of proto-industry | Babel Free
Definitions
Domestic manufacturing or commercial activity seen as being a precursor to industrialization.
Examples
“Near-synonym: cottage industry”
“It is now generally recognised that the rise⟳ of cottage industry, or proto-industry as it is now more fashionably called, played an important role in the transformation of the West European economy during the modern era.”
“Proto-industry allowed women family members (and sometimes children too) to engage⟳ in spinning, weaving and other menial industrial tasks within their homes, and thereby to supplement the income their husbands and fathers derived from agricultural work⟳.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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