mechanization

[ mek-uh-nahy-zey-shuhn ]

noun

1. the act or process of causing a task to be performed or operated by machinery:

   The mechanization of cinnamon processing has also solved health and sanitation issues plaguing the industry.

2. the act or process of introducing machines into an industry or other area of activity in order to replace human labor:

   Hay loaders are another example of the increasing mechanization of agriculture.

3. the act or process of subordinating the spiritual to the material, or of explaining something totally in terms of material forces:

   There is a vague unease with the artificiality of technology, with its imperialistic mechanization of a world from which we ourselves feel strangely alien.

Other Words From

• an·ti·mech·a·ni·za·tion noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of mechanization¹

mechaniz(e) ( def ) + -ation

Example Sentences

And Erich Fromm becomes the 10,000th American writer to remark the mechanization of death‐dealing in Vietnam and to note that the self‐destructiveness of drug addiction is not surprising in the youth of life‐denying culture.

From Salon

The firm at first sought Smoot’s advice on camera mechanization that allowed for on-demand view changes for Florida’s Animal Kingdom park.

From Los Angeles Times

"We do know that the production processes tend to make up 40 to 80% of the total greenhouse gas emissions affiliated with coffee as a commodity. This is because the growth of coffee plants can often be associated with removing other habitats, and with the mechanization of certain components of the harvesting, cleaning, and those two process require some fossil fuel energy, and perhaps most significantly, transportation contributes significantly to the carbon emissions for most tropical commodities consumed in the global north."

From Salon

The firm at first sought Smoot’s advice on camera mechanization that allowed for on-demand view changes for Florida’s Animal Kingdom park.

From Los Angeles Times

It grew well and people liked the taste — and the advances of the Industrial Revolution, including the mechanization of agriculture and the introduction of the railroad, propelled it to the fore.

From Salon

Related Words

• automation
• machinery