banalisation
English
Alternative forms
- banalization
Etymology
From French banalisation, from Middle French; as if banalise + -ation.
Noun
banalisation (countable and uncountable, plural banalisations)
- The action of making something banal; trivialization.
- 1983, Christine Brooke-Rose, A Rhetoric of the Unreal, page 9:
- This displacement also partly explains the banalisation of the scientific 'marvellous': since the excitement of the moon landing, nobody cares much about Russians circling the earth for six months or a Pioneer photographing Saturn.
- 2008, S.C. Bhatia, Retail Management, page 242:
- Forcing smaller suppliers out of the category adds to the banalisation of retailing, resulting in the multiple retailers and major suppliers managing a category for their own purposes...
- 2015, Ewa Mazierska, Georgina Gregory, Relocating Popular Music, page 99:
- The banalisation of the nation entailed the banalisation of the rock music itself, which was further accentuated with additions of songs performed by pop musicians from the pre-rock era as well as children's pop songs.
- 1983, Christine Brooke-Rose, A Rhetoric of the Unreal, page 9:
Translations
the action of making something banal
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Anagrams
- Albanisation
French
Etymology
From banaliser + -ation.
Pronunciation
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Noun
banalisation f (plural banalisations)
- trivialization
Further reading
- “banalisation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.