modernization

English

Alternative forms

modernisation (British spelling)

Etymology

From modernize +‎ -ation or French modernisation.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌmɒdənɪˈzeɪʃn̩/, /ˌmɒdəˌnaɪˈzeɪʃn̩/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌmɑdɚnɪˈzeɪʃn̩/, /ˌmɑdɚˌnaɪˈzeɪʃn̩/, /ˌmɑɾɚ-/
Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Hyphenation: mod‧ern‧i‧za‧tion

Noun

modernization (countable and uncountable, plural modernizations)

The process of modernizing.

Related terms

Derived terms

antimodernization

Translations

process of modernizing

Arabic: تَحْدِيث‎ m (taḥdīṯ)
Armenian: արդիականացում (hy) (ardiakanacʿum)
Asturian: modernización f
Catalan: modernització f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 現代化 (zh), 现代化 (zh) (xiàndàihuà), 近代化 (zh) (jìndàihuà)
Czech: modernizace f
Dutch: modernisering (nl) f
Finnish: modernisointi (fi)
French: modernisation (fr) f
Galician: modernización (gl) f
German: Modernisierung (de) f

Hungarian: modernizáció
Italian: modernizzazione (it) f
Japanese: 近代化 (ja) (きんだいか, kindaika), 現代化 (ja) (げんだいか, gendaika)
Korean: 현대화 (hyeondaehwa) (現代化 (ko))
Macedonian: осовременување n (osovremenúvanje), модернизација f (modernizácija)
Portuguese: modernização f
Russian: модерниза́ция (ru) f (modernizácija)
Spanish: modernización (es) f
Swedish: modernisering (sv) c
Telugu: ఆధునికీకరణ (te) (ādhunikīkaraṇa)
Vietnamese: sự hiện đại hoá

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