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demonetisation

demonetisation is the alternative form of demonetization.

Meaning of demonetization

Noun

demonetization (countable and uncountable, plural demonetizations)

  1. The act or process of demonetizing (withdrawing as legal tender).
    • The current spiral in prices — 20 per cent in the last year — has been attributed to the wide circulation of “black money.” The official committee recommended demonetization on the assumption that “black money” is generally kept in stacks of 100‐rupee and 1,000‐rupee notes.1973 August 9, “Demonetization Feared”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
  2. (Internet) The act or process of demonetizing (making content ineligible to earn money).

Forms of demonetisation

pluraldemonetisations

Origin of demonetisation

From de- + monetisation.

Words that rhyme with demonetisation

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about demonetisation

What is demonetisation the alternative form of?
Demonetisation is the alternative form of demonetization.

Words near demonetisation in the dictionary

  1. demonetarization
  2. demonetarize
  3. demonetarized
  4. demonetarizes
  5. demonetarizing
  6. demonetisation
  7. demonetisations
  8. demonetise
  9. demonetised
  10. demonetises
  11. demonetising

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Adapted from Wiktionary: demonetisation (page history and authors); demonetization (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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