BEAUTIFICATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The act of making something more beautiful

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("beautification" is a kind of...):

change of state (the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "beautification"):

beauty treatment (enhancement of someone's personal beauty)

glamorisation; glamorization; glamourisation; glamourization (the act of glamorizing; making something or someone more beautiful (often in a superficial way))

Derivation:

beautify (make more beautiful)

beautify (make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.)

beautify (be beautiful to look at)