modernization

noun

mod·​ern·​i·​za·​tion ˌmä-dər-nə-ˈzā-shən 

1

: the act of modernizing : the state of being modernized

2

: something modernized : a modernized version

Examples of modernization in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

What To Know On November 25, the DOI announced a modernization initiative for national park access, launching January 1, 2026. —Sam Stevenson, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025

Top priorities for these challenges include breakthroughs in fusion energy, advanced nuclear reactors, electric-grid modernization, new materials, quantum computing and lifesaving medicines, according to a DOE webpage. —Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 25 Nov. 2025

Galeries Lafayette invested about 100 million euros in revitalizing the Boulevard Haussmann flagship in 2021, and has dedicated a similar amount for modernization of its network each year over the next five years. —Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 25 Nov. 2025

This modernization is expected to deliver steady clean energy for decades and support Ontario’s energy needs as demand grows. —Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 25 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1770, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for modernization

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