memorialization
me·mo·ri·al·i·za·tion/məˌmɔːɹi.əˌlaɪˈzeɪ̯.ʃən/noun
memorialization is a noun meaning “The act or process of memorializing or creating a memorial” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled M-E-M-O-R-I-A-L-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N and has 7 syllables (me·mo·ri·al·i·za·tion), and it appears about once in every 25 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of memorialization is memorializations.
What does memorialization mean?
noun
- 1
BritishUSThe act or process of memorializing or creating a memorial.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce memorialization?
- /məˌmɔːɹi.əˌlaɪˈzeɪ̯.ʃən/
Memorialization has 7 syllables, split me·mo·ri·al·i·za·tion in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of memorialization
- memorializations plural
- memorialisation
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is memorialization?
Memorialization appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does memorialization come from?
From memorialize + -ation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).