FORMALIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does formalization mean? 

• FORMALIZATION (noun)
  The noun FORMALIZATION has 1 sense:

1. the act of making formal (as by stating formal rules governing classes of expressions)

  Familiarity information: FORMALIZATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FORMALIZATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of making formal (as by stating formal rules governing classes of expressions)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

formalisation; formalization

Hypernyms ("formalization" is a kind of...):

rationalisation; rationalization; systematisation; systematization (systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale)

Derivation:

formalize (declare or make legally valid)

formalize (make formal or official)