statisticalization

noun

A making statistical; application of statistics to something.

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Meanings

nounstatisticalization (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA making statistical; application of statistics to something.

    […] a major development in the statisticalization of unemployment, and a new type of representation of the labour market.

    2000, William Walters, Unemployment and Government, page 49
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    Quantification (or statisticalization) is a set of scientific practices that transforms text statements into numerical ones, depersonalizing and decontextualizing them[…]

    2008, Susan Greenhalgh, Just One Child: Science and Policy in Deng's China, page 109

Origin

From statistical + -ization.

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APA

statisticalization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/statisticalization

MLA

“statisticalization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/statisticalization. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “statisticalization,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/statisticalization.

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