illegalization en · NOUN
Etymology
From illegalize + -ation or il- + legalization.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The act or process of illegalizing.
“Once the drug illegalization crowd gets hold of it, that’s that,” said Alexander Shulgin, a former Dow chemist who discovered the effects of MDMA, or ecstasy, which has also been made a controlled substance.
2008 May 4, Benedict Carey, “A Psychedelic ‘Problem Child’ Comes Full Circle”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| illegalizations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (7)
gl ilegalización (Translations) · it illegalizzazione (Translations) · pt ilegalização (Translations) · es ilegalización (Translations) · ca il·legalització (Translations) · de Illegalisierung (Translations) · fr illégalisation (Translations)