noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The process of modernizing. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   making modern in appearance or behavior wordnet
3. 3
   a modernized version (as of a play) wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

innovationmodernisation

Example

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"In most cases, modernization is identified with Westernization."

Etymology

From modernize + -ation or French modernisation.

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