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-ization
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English
Alternative forms
en -isation Commonwealth spelling
Etymology
en suffix :af -ize -ation + 1
Pronunciation
en /-ˌaɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ /-əˈzeɪ.ʃən/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--ization.wav Southern England
en /-əˈzeɪ.ʃən/ /-ˌaɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ GA
en -i za tion
Suffix
~ en American spelling Canadian spelling Oxford spelling
Forms nouns denoting the act, process, or result of doing/making what is denoted by the noun/adjective.
en 2012 Susanna Rostas Carrying the Word: The Concheros Dance in Mexico City 218 The Mexica do not sing alabanzas, thus any recent Mexica-ization, or rather Aztecization, of existing alabanzas (or the newly written) is the result of the Concheros' increased interest in the Aztec past and their desire to celebrate it.
en 2010 David Jenkins Suharto and His Generals: Indonesian Military Politics, 1975-1983 201 In the view of such officers as Dharsono, the disproportionate number of Siliwangi officers was both a result of, and a protest against, a “de-Siliwangi-ization” process instigated by Suharto.
en 2003 Kevin Featherstone; Claudio Maria Radaelli The Politics of Europeanization 27 The chapter covers the domestic impact of the public policy of the European Union (EU), hence one could use the term 'EU-ization’ in this context.
Usage notes
See the usage notes on en -ize.
Derived terms
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Translations
act, process, or result of doing/making what is denoted by the noun/adjective
Afrikaans: af -isering, af -isasie
Albanian: sq -izim m
Asturian: ast -ización f
Basque: eu -izazio
Belarusian: be -іза́цыя f, be -ызацыя -yzacyja
Bulgarian: bg -иза́ция f
Catalan: ca -ització f
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 化 -化 faa3
Hakka: hak 化 -化 fa
Hokkien: nan-hbl 化 -化 hoà
Mandarin: cmn 化 -化 -huà
Czech: cs -izace f
Danish: da -isering c
Dutch: nl -isering f, nl -isatie f
Estonian: et -iseerimine
Finnish: fi -isaatio, fi -isointi
French: fr -isation f
Galician: gl -ización f
German: de -isierung, de -isation f
Hebrew: he ־יזָצְיָה f izátsya
Hungarian: hu -izáció, hu -izálás, hu -osítás/-asítás/-esítés/-ösítés
Ido: io -izo
Indonesian: id -isasi
Italian: it -izzazione, it -izzare
Japanese: ja 化 -ka
Korean: ko -화(化)
Latvian: lv -izācija f
Lithuanian: lt -izacija f
Macedonian: mk -изација f
Malay: ms -isasi
Maltese: mt -izzazzjoni f
Norman: nrf -isâtion f Jersey
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb -isering m, nb -isasjon m
Nynorsk: nn -isering m, nn -isasjon m
Occitan: oc -izacion f
Polish: pl -izacja f, pl -yzacja f
Romanian: ro -izare f, ro -izație f, ro -izațiune f
Cyrillic: ro -изаре f, ro -изацие f, ro -изациуне f
Russian: ru -иза́ция f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh -иза́ција f
Latin: sh -izácija f
Sicilian: scn -izzazioni
Slovak: sk -izácia f
Slovene: sl -izacija f
Spanish: es -ización f
Swedish: sv -isering c
Tagalog: tl -isasyon
Thai: th การทำให้เป็น gāan-tām-hâi-bpēn
Turkish: tr -izasyon, tr -laştırma, tr -leştirme
Ukrainian: uk -иза́ція f, uk -іза́ція f
Vietnamese: vi hoá ... hoá
Welsh: cy -iad, cy -eiddiad
Yiddish: yi ־יזאַציע f, yi ־יזירונג f
en productive suffixes