LIBERALIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does liberalization mean? 

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

1. the act of making less strict

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIBERALIZATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of making less strict

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

liberalisation; liberalization; relaxation

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

alleviation; easement; easing; relief (the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance))

Derivation:

liberalize (make liberal or more liberal, of laws and rules)

liberalize (become more liberal)