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liberalisation

liberalisation is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of liberalization.

Meaning of liberalization

Noun

liberalization (countable and uncountable, plural liberalizations)

  1. The process or act of making more liberal.
    • Paisley's three year "Save Ulster from Sodomy" campaign has been a significant force in preventing until now the liberalization of laws about gayness in the British protectorate.1981 December 5, Scott Brookie, “Great Britain Charged With Treaty Violation For Irish Anti-Gay Law”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 20, page 1
  2. The lessening of government regulations and restrictions in an economy in exchange for greater participation by private entities.

Forms of liberalisation

pluralliberalisations

Origin of liberalisation

From liberalise + -ation or liberal + -isation.

Words formed from liberalisation

Questions about liberalisation

What is liberalisation the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Liberalisation is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of liberalization.

Words near liberalisation in the dictionary

  1. liberal-mindedly
  2. liberal-mindedness
  3. liberalese
  4. liberalest
  5. Liberalia
  6. liberalisation
  7. liberalisations
  8. liberalise
  9. liberalised
  10. liberaliser
  11. liberalisers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: liberalisation (page history and authors); liberalization (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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