modernization

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)

1. The process of modernizing.

Related terms

• modernize
• modernizer

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