memorialization en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- mə-môr′ē-ə-lī-zā′shən
- /məˌmɔːɹi.əˌlaɪˈzeɪ̯.ʃən/
Etymology
Etymology tree English memorial Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English memorialize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English memorialization From memorialize + -ation.
Meanings
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(British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable) The act or process of memorializing or creating a memorial.
“This is an important milestone in the whole memorialization process,” said Howard Dodson, one of the early leaders in the development of the memorial and the chief of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of the New York Public Library .
2007 October 2, Elias E. Lopez, “Nameless Are Memorialized at Old African Burial Site”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| memorialisation | alternative | lexicographic | |
| memorializations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (2)
uk меморіаліза́ція (act or process of memorializing or creating a memorial) · ru мемориализа́ция (act or process of memorializing or creating a memorial)