Meanings
Suffix
1. action of making something; -ification
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Top 2700
Used in vocabulary (563 in total)
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
petrifaction; petrification; mineralization; mineralisation; lithification; fossilization
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
stimulation (e.g. of an economy); revitalization (e.g. of a town); rejuvenation; activation
substantiation; materialization; materialisation; (specific to object language classes) instantiation
embodiment; realization; materialization
chemistry
unification; integration
fossil; petrifaction; petrification; fossilization
justification; warrant
hardening; vulcanization; hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; upturn (in the market); firming up
weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
beautification; glorification
influence (on someone); inspiration
turning a comic, novel, etc. into an animated movie or TV series; making an animated version
swelling; enlargement
change; transformation; inversion
making practical; making useful; implementing
intensification; aggravation
mechanization; mechanisation; computerization
optimization; optimisation
ageing; aging; senile deterioration
aging; wearing out; deterioration
visualization (data, results, etc.); visualisation; making something visible (that was previously unseen)
verbalizing; putting into words
calming down; quieting down
personification; anthropomorphization
softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)
initialization; initialisation; formatting; resetting
emergence (of insects); eclosion; growing wings
specialization; specialisation; differentiation
making efficient; optimization
miniaturization; miniaturisation; downsizing
encryption; encipherment; password protection
increase in activity; activation
vaporization; vaporisation; evaporation
modernization; modernisation
oxidation; oxidization
deification; apotheosis; wondrous change; great moral influence
quantification; expressing in numerical form; conversion to numerical form
making (book, etc.) into film; making a screen version; adapting for the screen
commercialization (e.g. product); commodification
regularization; regularisation; getting up speed; proceeding at full tilt
suppuration; festering; coming to head
coming to a head; coming to the surface; becoming an issue; breaking
generalization; generalisation; popularization; to generalize; to generalise; to popularize
embodiment; materialization; actualization; realization; taking form; taking shape
appropriation; misappropriation; making one's own
organization; organisation; systematization; systematisation
democratization; democratisation
realization; realisation
novelizing; novelising; adapting a movie, game, etc. into a book
becoming a mere shell; becoming a dead letter; losing (one's) substance; being reduced to a formality
purification; refining; simplification
education; enlightenment; civilization; civilisation; indoctrination
digitization; digitalization
subdivision; segmentation; fractionalization; fragmentation
declining birth rates; decrease in the number of children
being actualized; becoming apparent; becoming tangible; surfacing
growth; metamorphosis
rationalization; rationalisation; rationalize; rationalise
differentiation
stabilization; stabilisation
different culture; foreign culture
normalization; normalisation
warming; global warming
calming down; quieting down
increase in speed, acceleration
diversification
systematization; systematisation; organization; organisation
becoming dull; slowing down
becoming more serious or severe; aggravation; intensification
stipulation; stating clearly; documenting in writing; stating explicitly
liquefaction; liquefy
visualization; visualisation
increasing in size
imperial influence; assimilation of new territory
identification (with)
benighted lands outside of imperial influence
liquefaction
electronization; digitization; computerization
male-to-female gender swap (in fan art and fan fiction)
mummification
bogging down; dragging on; turning into a quagmire; becoming mired in a mess
fortifying; fortification
going feral (of a species); reverting to wild; escape
unification; centralization; integration; drawing things together; working out a common policy; consolidation
popularization; popularisation
turning (a comic, novel, etc.) into a serialized TV-show; dramatization
digitization
depopulation; declining population
clarification; definition
live-action adaptation (of a cartoon or animated movie)
idealization; idealisation
desertification
maximization; maximisation
population ageing (aging)
externalization
changing into cash; encashment; cashing
publish in paperback
industrialization; industrialisation; establishing a production system; putting something into production
making into a product
feminization; feminisation
colonization; colonisation
normalization (of a social problem, of a situation, etc.)
modelling (e.g. a system, etc.)
liberalization; liberalisation; freeing
chemical combination
globalization; globalisation
averaging; levelling (off); equalization; standardization; balance
aggravation (of an illness); exacerbation; worsening
radicalization; radicalisation; intensification; aggravation; sharpening (e.g. of an image); narrowing (of a peak)
homogenization; homogenisation
making obligatory; making compulsory
vitrification
legalization; legalisation
domestication
computerization; computerisation
Japanization; Japanisation
urbanization; urbanisation
minimization; minimisation
getting stuck in a rut; becoming stereotyped
bleaching; whitening; chlorosis; albinism
reduction (in size); shrinking; minimization; trivializing (an issue); making light of; playing down
becoming cancerous; canceration
destabilization; destabilisation
popularization; popularisation
internationalization; internationalisation; i18n (in IT)
systematisation; systematization
standardization; standardisation
sanctification; consecration
caricaturing; turning a movie, novel, etc. into a manga; making a comic version of something
novelizing; novelising
privatization; privatisation
restoration; return to health
universalization
becoming aware (of); becoming conscious (of); realization; conscientization; (formation of) critical consciousness
simplification
conceptualization; conceptualisation
turning a movie, comic, etc. into a (computer) game; gamification
obsolescence; becoming obsolete (of a product, etc.)
nationalization; nationalisation
making hollow; making meaningless; deindustrialization; deindustrialisation
symbolization; coding; encoding
incubation; hatching
internalization
standardization; standardisation; normalization (e.g. in maths)
specialization; specialisation
systematic implementation; institutionalization (e.g. way, method)
quantization; quantisation; quantizing
standardization; manualization; compiling into a manual; formalization
becoming chronic
formulation; formularization; formularisation
leveling; levelling; equalization; alleviation (e.g. of unemployment); harmonization
full automation; becoming unmanned; making (something) unmanned
bipolarization; bipolarisation
increase in sophistication; enhancement of functionality; increase in speed; upgrading
turning into a brand; branding
masculinization; virilization
moving into the black; becoming profitable
labor saving; labour saving
degradation; downfall
making (information) into a database; creating a database (from information); entering into a database
structuralization
simplification
animalization; animalisation
socialization; socialisation
increase in the average age of marriage
encoding; coding
industrialization; industrialisation; commercialization
unification; centralization; centralisation
synthetic fiber; synthetic fibre; chemical fiber; chemical fibre
Taika era (645.6.19-650.2.15)
voltinism
desalination; desalinization; desalting
homogenization (e.g. milk)
improvement; amelioration
ionization; ionisation
impersonation; personification
standardization; uniformalization
standardization; standardisation
stylization; to stylize; to conventionalize
objectivization; viewing objectively
parallelization
make an issue or problem of something; something becoming a problem or issue
adopting (novel, etc.) for the theatre (theater)
Japanese localization
individualization; individualisation
centralization of power; centralisation of power
idolization; idolisation
incorporation; conversion to a corporation; privatization (of a previously public body)
commercialization; commercialisation
monetization; monetizing
turning into a slum; becoming run-down; slumism; slumification
becoming part of the standard inventory (of a product); becoming popular
refinement; purification; gentle persuasion; winning over; influence
stratification; hierarchization; layering; tiering
conversion to sugar; saccharification
popularization; popularisation
Europeanization; Europeanisation; Westernization; Westernisation
becoming cancerous; canceration
visualization; rendering visible (e.g. a problem); digitization
diversification
many changes
industrialization; industrialisation
toughening the law; making the law stricter
conservative swing; drift to the right; rightward trend
becoming cancerous; canceration
modularization
classifying in patterns; typification
securitization; securitisation
westernization; westernisation
dissimilation; catabolism; dissimilation (phonology); defamiliarization (artistic technique); ostranenie
virtualization; virtualisation
encoding; codification
secularization; secularisation; popularization; popularisation
putting online (services, administrative functions, etc.); going online; digitalization; digitization
female-to-male gender swap (in fan art and fan fiction)
duplication; redundancy
duplication; to make redundant
legislating; legislation; passage of a bill into law
becoming the objective; setting as a goal
slimming down; scaling back; thinning; streamlining; retrenchment
modernization; modernisation
ideation; process of forming and relating ideas; to ideate
nullification; annihilation
potassium cyanide
smoothing (e.g. numbers)
equalization; equalisation
company split-up; spinning off of a separate company
manpower reduction; personnel saving
nationalization; nationalisation
nominalization
decryption; decipherment; decoding
computerization; computerisation
robotization; robotizing; automation
simplification; unification
decentralization
making (something) free of charge; dispensing with fees
transition to domestic production; import substitution
differentiation
dramatization; dramatisation
age lowering; reduction in age
becoming a permanent resident; becoming permanently settled; domiciliation
computerization; computerisation
encapsulation
commercialization; commercialisation
mechanization; mechanisation
becoming (like) an old man (in one's manner); turning into an old geezer
militarization; militarisation
hydration
(lit.) doughnut phenomenon; combination of urban sprawl and inner-city decay
commercialization; commercialisation
recurrence relation; recurrence formula
verbification; verbing
making something freely available (information, access to a competition, etc.)
Galapagosization; phenomenon of companies becoming overly specialized in developing products for the domestic market
banning (e.g. an organization); making something illegal
applied chemistry; adaptation
changing from free to paid (e.g. a service); starting to charge
quantification (logic)
communization; communisation
fluoridation
commoditization; commodification
poetization
westernization; westernisation
influencing people by one's virtue
vocalization; vocalisation; voicing
making (something) free of charge; dispensing with fees
localisation; localization; L10n (in IT)
sterilization
microminiaturization; micro-miniaturization
bureaucratization; bureaucratisation
acclimatization; naturalization; acclimation
burying; underground installation (cables, etc.)
dividing into blocks; becoming a bloc; forming a bloc
objectification
customization; customisation
normalization (e.g. in floating-point representation system); normalisation; standardization; standardisation
incorporation; assimilation; internalization; making part of oneself
keratinization; cornification
becoming (like) an old man (in one's manner); turning into an old geezer
sampling (e.g. in signal processing)
synchronization
simplification; simplifying
suburbanization
militarization; militarisation
refinement; elaboration
shift away from manufacturing to an information and service-based economy; softening; release (e.g. of a movie) on home video (e.g. DVD, BD, VHS)
methylation
chemical seasoning
demutualization; becoming incorporated
assimilation; incorporation
chemical engineering
bromination
putting in order; systemize; systemise
layering; stratification; sheafification
rationalization (modifying part of an irrational expression, esp. denominators, to exclude roots or irrational numbers)
multilingualization; multilingualisation; localization; localisation
decentralization (of power); decentralisation
electrification (esp. in the auto industry)
writing into law; codification; enacting
acetylation
hydrogenation
lignification
merchant class culture that flourished in Edo during the Bunka-Bunsei period
extreme population aging (ageing)
putting into print; setting in type; printing; publishing
simplification
gelling agent; gellatinizing agent; setting agent; gellant
modelling; modeling
gelatinization
caramelization; caramelisation
iodization; iodisation
staging a story; filming a story
(speed) optimization
iconization; minimization
instantiation (in object-oriented programming)
vacuolation; vacuolization
integration, e.g. of electronic components into integrated circuits
organizational inertia; organisational inertia
leftward shift; liberal trend
urbanization control area; urban control area
plotting (of maps); mapping; compilation
rationalization (modifying part of an irrational expression, esp. denominators, to exclude roots or irrational numbers)
becoming (like) an old man (in one's manner); turning into an old geezer
Americanization; Americanisation
objectification; objectifying
McDonaldization (institutions in society becoming standardized and focused on efficiency and predictability)
dollarization
Americanization
individualization (of a task or job; as opposed to standardization); personalization
polarization; polarisation; lining up with
increase in the level of academic achievement; popularisation of higher education
damping; muffling; noise-reduction
personalization; personalisation; product stopping being a luxury item
halogenation
diagonalisation; diagonalization
canonization (in a textual sense)
becoming more difficult (e.g. exam); increasing difficulty
tendency to not get married; declining marriage rate
ossification
giving guidance; explaining
cyclization; cyclisation
recycling; resource recovery
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
cell encapsulation; conversion into cells
thicken; concentrate
dwarfing; stunting
decryption; decipherment; decoding
silicification
adapting for TV; television adaptation
commoditization; commodification
increase in the average age of childbirth
objectification; objectifying
objectification; objectifying
caramelization; caramelisation
nitration
Balkanization
esterification
rasterization
generalization (psychology, linguistics, etc.)
standardization; standardisation
time division multiplexing; TDM
devoicing; unvoicing
transformation of the population of Japan into idiots (because of television)
normalization; offering people with disabilities the same conditions as other people
nonassimilation
benevolent rule of a gracious sovereign
topicalization
demythologization; demythicization
shrinking family (size)
change toward a borderless world; development of a borderless world
vocalization; vocalisation
transubstantiation
depalatalization (e.g. dropping small kana in borrowing foreign words into Japanese); depalatalisation
rendering plant for livestock carcasses
sustained virological response; SVR
isomerization; isomerisation
gelatinization; gelatinisation
changing something to full remote control
sulfonation
racemization; racemisation
potassium ferricyanide (C6FeK3N6)
digitization; digitisation; digital transformation; modernizing (society, etc.) with the use of IT
categorization
diazotization
Disneyfication
polyvinylidene fluoride; polyvinylidene difluoride; PVDF
glocalization
Westernization of food; Westernization of dietary habits
subcategorization; subcategorisation
moving to a market-oriented economy; market-oriented economic reform
phosphine; phosphane; diphosphine; diphosphane; solid hydrogen phosphides (a yellow powder)
hydrogen embrittlement
(high) tariff protection; tariff jumping
ortho-normalization; ortho-normalisation
multipolarization; multipolarisation
motorization; motorisation
subnormal number; denormal number; denormalized number
regularisation; regularization
chromic anhydride (CrO3)
enlargement; expansion
phosphine; phosphane; diphosphine; diphosphane; solid hydrogen phosphides (a yellow powder)
high capacity; high load capacity; high load carrying capacity
high capacity; high load capacity; high load carrying capacity
romanisation; romanization; transcribing into the Latin script
fasciation
equalization
encryption; coding; password
contextualization
simplified Chinese character
normalization; normalisation
earthquake proofing
normalization; normalisation
stock conversion; conversion to stock
denuclearization; denuclearisation
(nuclear fuel) enrichment
area zoned for urbanization (urbanisation)
adding a penalty to a crime (e.g. fines, prison); penalizing a crime
sulfation; sulphation
one of the 72 climates (from the 11th of the second lunar month until the 15th)
time when moles transform into quails (second climate of the third month)
phonetic change; change in sound; shift in sound; sound change
striped stem borer (Chilo suppressalis)
yellow stem borer (species of moth, Scirpophaga incertulas)
Examples (3 in total)
The Romans tried to civilize the ancient Britons.
Our chief concern should be the aging of society.
Should the Suez and Panama Canals be internationalized?