Beautification

//bjuːtɪfɪˈkeɪʃən// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Making beautiful, beautifying, improving the appearance of something. countable, uncountable

    "Near-synonym: prettification"

  2. 2
    the act of making something more beautiful wordnet

Synonyms

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adornmentbeautifyingdecorationdevelopmentelaborationembellishment

Example

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"Lady Bird Johnson beautified the White House gardens and other gardens and parks. She also campaigned for a law called the Beautification Act of Nineteen Sixty-Five. That law resulted in more wildflowers and fewer big advertising signs along the nation's highways."

Etymology

First attested in 1600, from beautify (“to make beautiful”) + -ication.

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