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banalization en · NOUN

Etymology

From French banalisation, from Middle French ; as if banalise + -ation.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) American and Oxford British English standard spelling of banalisation.
   • At first glance, one could critically dismiss The Wire as reflective of the banalization of violence, for violence is everywhere... 2014, Shirin Deylami, Jonathan Havercroft, The Politics of HBO’s The Wire: Everything is Connected, page 129:

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