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Definition of -ization suffix from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

-ization

suffix

/aɪzeɪʃn/

/əzeɪʃn/

(British English also -isation)

in nouns

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the process of becoming, making or making like
- privatization
- immunization
- Americanization
the fact of putting somebody/something or being put in a place
- hospitalization
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- -ee
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- -ese
- -esque
- -ess
- -fold
- -ful
- -hood
- -ify
- -ion
- -ish
- -ism
- -ist
- -ista
- -ite
- -itis
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- -less
- -let
- -ling
- -ly
- -ment
- -most
- -ness
- -oid
- -or
- -ous
- -ship

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