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responsibilisation

responsibilisation is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of responsibilization.

Meaning of responsibilization

Noun

responsibilization (usually uncountable, plural responsibilizations)

  1. (usually) Transfer of responsibility from higher authorities to communities or individuals who are then called on to take an active role in resolving their own problems.
    • Responsibilization strategies involve a series of new techniques and methods "whereby the state seeks to bring about action on the part of private agencies and individuals - either by stimulating new forms of behaviour or by stopping established habits" (emphasis in the original).2001, Kelly Hannah-Moffat, Punishment in Disguise, →ISBN

Forms of responsibilisation

pluralresponsibilisations

Questions about responsibilisation

What is responsibilisation the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Responsibilisation is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of responsibilization.

Words near responsibilisation in the dictionary

  1. responseless
  2. responselessness
  3. responser
  4. responsers
  5. responses
  6. responsibilisation
  7. responsibilisations
  8. responsibilities
  9. responsibility
  10. responsibilization
  11. responsibilizations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: responsibilisation (page history and authors); responsibilization (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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