D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Modernization

/mädˌ-ẽrn-əz-āsh'-ən/ · Mod·ern·i·za·tion · IPA /ˌmɑdɚnɪˈzeɪʃn̩/
01 n. The act of rendering modern in style; the act or process of causing to conform to modern of thinking or acting.
  1. 1.
    The act of rendering modern in style; the act or process of causing to conform to modern of thinking or acting.