Word Study
modernization
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun modernization has 2 senses
- modernization(n = noun.act) modernisation - making modern in appearance or behavior; "the modernization of Nigeria will be a long process" is a kind of improvement
- modernization(n = noun.communication) Array - a modernized version (as of a play); Array is a kind of adaptation, version
Derived form verb modernize2
CIDE DICTIONARY
modernization, n.
The act of rendering modern in style; the act or process of causing to conform to modern of thinking or acting. [1913 Webster]
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