noun
1. making modern in appearance or behavior (Freq. 8)
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the modernization of Nigeria will be a long process
• Syn: ↑modernisation
• Derivationally related forms: ↑modernise (for: ↑modernisation), ↑modernize
• Hypernyms: ↑improvement
2. a modernized version (as of a play)
• Hypernyms: ↑adaptation, ↑version
Useful english dictionary. 2012.