postindustrial

postindustrial
postindustrialist, n.
/pohst'in dus"tree euhl/, adj.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an era following industrialization: The economy of the postindustrial society is based on the provision of services rather than on the manufacture of goods.
[POST- + INDUSTRIAL]

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