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Answer for the clue "An economic system built on large industries rather than on agriculture or craftsmanship ", 13 letters:
industrialism

Word definitions for industrialism in dictionaries

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1831, from industrial + -ism . Compare French industrialisme (Saint-Simon, 1823).

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Industrialism \In*dus"tri*al*ism\, n. Devotion to industrial pursuits; labor; industry. --J. S. Mill. The principles or policy applicable to industrial pursuits or organized labor. Industrialism must not confounded with industriousness. --H. Spencer.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. an economic system built on large industries rather than on agriculture or craftsmanship

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The socio-economic system based upon the industrial production of manufactured goods, rather than on agriculture.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ It is one of the romances and revolutions of modern industrialism . ▪ It is precisely this anti-productive aspect of industrialism which is highlighted by the ethnological work construct. ▪ It may be that increasing industrialism ...

Usage examples of industrialism.

Like earlier British writers and artists, Lawrence believed that industrialism doomed the worker to a life of dehumanizing ugliness and servility.

He believed that industrialism was dehumanizing and destructive to civilization.

The free-swinging entrepreneur who started up vast enterprises unafraid of defeat or adverse opinion, is a folk hero of industrialism, particularly in the United States.

In both its capitalist and communist variants, industrialism was a system focused on the maximization of material welfare.

Third, reflecting the bureaucratic organization of industrialism, technocratic planning was premised on hierarchy.