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grangerization

grangerization is the alternative spelling of grangerisation.

Meaning of grangerisation

Noun

grangerisation (countable and uncountable, plural grangerisations)

  1. The practice of illustrating a book with pictures taken from published sources, such as by clipping them out for one's own use.
    • Today, he is more remembered for the manner of his death and his habit of collecting books and illustrating them with pictures ripped out of other books, now seen as an act of vandalism and given the name ‘grangerisation’.[2021, James Hobson, Passengers: Life in Britain During the Stagecoach Era, Fonthill Media, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    grangerising
  2. A book illustrated by this process.

Forms of grangerization

pluralgrangerizations

Questions about grangerization

What is grangerization the alternative spelling of?
Grangerization is the alternative spelling of grangerisation.

Words near grangerization in the dictionary

  1. grangerises
  2. grangerising
  3. Grangerism
  4. Grangerite
  5. Grangerites
  6. grangerization
  7. grangerizations
  8. grangerize
  9. grangerized
  10. grangerizes
  11. grangerizing

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