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moisturisation

moisturisation is the alternative form of moisturization.

Meaning of moisturization

Noun

moisturization (usually uncountable, plural moisturizations)

  1. (usually) The act or process of moisturizing.
    • Mr. Hammer agreed that stearic acid in a body wash should be “helpful for moisturization and lipid replacement.”2009 October 1, Hilary Howard, “New Ways to Moisturize for Less”, in New York Times

Origin of moisturisation

From moisturise + -ation.

Questions about moisturisation

What is moisturisation the alternative form of?
Moisturisation is the alternative form of moisturization.

Words near moisturisation in the dictionary

  1. moistureproof
  2. moistureproofed
  3. moistureproofing
  4. moistureproofs
  5. moistures
  6. moisturisation
  7. moisturise
  8. moisturised
  9. moisturiser
  10. moisturisers
  11. moisturises

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Adapted from Wiktionary: moisturisation (page history and authors); moisturization (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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