Memorialization

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act or process of memorializing or creating a memorial. British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable

    "“This is an important milestone in the whole memorialization process,” said Howard Dodson, one of the early leaders in the development of the memorial and the chief of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of the New York Public Library ."

  2. 2
    a ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something wordnet

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anniversarycelebrationceremonycommemorationcommemorationfanfare

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"“This is an important milestone in the whole memorialization process,” said Howard Dodson, one of the early leaders in the development of the memorial and the chief of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of the New York Public Library ."

Etymology

From memorialize + -ation.

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