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modernization|ˌmɒdənaɪˈzeɪʃən|
[f. modernize v. + -ation.]
The action or an act of modernizing; the state of being modernized. Also, a modernized version.
1770Gough in Lett. to Granger 263 The Marquis of Winchester's noble house at Englefield has suffered by some late modernizations. 1818Hallam Mid. Ages (1872) I. 150 We cannot always judge by the modernisation of a proper name. 1830W. Taylor Hist. Surv. Germ. Poetry III. 317 The Birds is an abridgement, or modernization, of the comedy of Aristophanes so entitled. 1895C. R. B. Barrett Surrey iv. 101 The town of Bletchingley..is, despite some modernization, an old-world spot. |