Definition: Modernization
From New World Encyclopedia
Etymology
From modernize + -ation (see modernity), or French modernisation.
Noun
modernization (countable and uncountable, plural modernizations)
- The process of modernizing, or making something more updated.
Derived terms
- antimodernization
Related terms
- modernize
- modernizer
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