Meanings
plural memorializations · alternative memorialisation
- BritishEnglishOxfordUScountableuncountableThe act or process of memorializing or creating a memorial.
“This is an important milestone in the whole memorialization process,” said Howard Dodson, one of the early leaders in the development of the memorial and the chief of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of the New York Public Library .
2007 October 2, Elias E. Lopez, “Nameless Are Memorialized at Old African Burial Site”, in New York Times
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishmemorial
- Englishmemorialize
- Englishmemorialization
From memorialize + -ation.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Russian мемориализа́ция
- мемориализа́ция (memorializácija)act or process of memorializing or creating a memorial
Ukrainian меморіаліза́ція
- меморіаліза́ція (memorializácija)act or process of memorializing or creating a memorial
Cite this entry
memorialization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/memorialization
“memorialization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/memorialization. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “memorialization,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/memorialization.
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