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responsibilizations

responsibilizations is the plural 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

Questions about responsibilizations

What is responsibilizations the plural of?
Responsibilizations is the plural of responsibilization.

Words near responsibilizations in the dictionary

  1. responsibilisation
  2. responsibilisations
  3. responsibilities
  4. responsibility
  5. responsibilization
  6. responsibilizations
  7. responsibilize
  8. responsibilized
  9. responsibilizes
  10. responsibilizing
  11. responsible

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Adapted from Wiktionary: responsibilizations (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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