memorialization
Syllables: me·mo·ri·al·i·za·tion/məˌmɔːɹi.əˌlaɪˈzeɪ̯.ʃən/
memorialization noun: the act or process of memorializing or creating a memorial.
Noun
memorialization (countable and uncountable, plural memorializations)
- The act or process of memorializing or creating a memorial.
- “This is an important milestone in the whole memorialization process,” said Howard Dodson, one of the early leaders in the development of the memorial and the chief of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of the New York Public Library .2007 October 2, Elias E. Lopez, “Nameless Are Memorialized at Old African Burial Site”, in New York Times
Forms of memorialization
| plural | memorializations |
|---|---|
| alternative form | memorialisation |
Origin of memorialization
From memorialize + -ation.
Questions about memorialization
- What does memorialization mean?
- Memorialization means the act or process of memorializing or creating a memorial.
- What part of speech is memorialization?
- Memorialization is a noun.
- How do you pronounce memorialization?
- Memorialization is pronounced /məˌmɔːɹi.əˌlaɪˈzeɪ̯.ʃən/.
- What is the plural of memorialization?
- The plural of memorialization is memorializations.
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