modernization
mo·der·ni·zation
noun
1.
making modern in appearance or behavior
- “the modernization of Nigeria will be a long process”
2.
a modernized version (as of a play)
Origin
From modernize + -ation or French modernisation.
Related words
Broader terms
WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.