Noun: modernization ,mó-dur-nu'zey-shun [N. Amer], ,mó-du(r)-nI'zey-shun [Brit]
- Making modern in appearance or behaviour
"the modernization of Nigeria will be a long process";
- modernisation [Brit]
- A modernized version (as of a play)
"The director's modernization of Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' set the story in present-day New York"
Derived forms: modernizations
Type of: adaptation, improvement, version
Encyclopedia: Modernization