dollarization

noun

dol·​lar·​i·​za·​tion ˌdä-lə-rə-ˈzā-shən 

: the adoption of the U.S. dollar as a country's official national currency

dollarize

ˈdä-lə-ˌrīz 

verb

Examples of dollarization in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

As InvestorPlace noted in February 2026, the theory behind Bitcoin as a safe haven was never wrong on its own terms — currency debasement, de-dollarization, and geopolitical conflict are exactly the conditions the asset was designed to benefit from. —Jason Kirsch, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026

Central bank demand, geopolitical risk, high government debt, currency concerns, de-dollarization, and the desire for portfolio diversification all remain important factors. —Aly J Yale, CBS News, 11 June 2026

Remsing, meanwhile, said that commodity-sensitive currencies like the Norwegian krone, Australian dollar and Brazilian real have also trended strongly as the de-dollarization theme petered out and the euro was weakened by the war. —Hugh Leask, CNBC, 5 June 2026

Signs point to China being the big winner of a de-dollarization push. —Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1982, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for dollarization

• abbreviation
• abomination
• acceleration
• accentuation
• accommodation
• accreditation
• acculturation
• accumulation
• acetylation
• adjudication
• administration
• adulteration