Modernization \Mod`ern*i*za"tion\, n.
   The act of rendering modern in style; the act or process of
   causing to conform to modern of thinking or acting.
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	modernization
    n 1: making modern in appearance or behavior; "the modernization
         of Nigeria will be a long process" [syn: modernization,
         modernisation]
    2: a modernized version (as of a play)