FORMALIZATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The act of making formal (as by stating formal rules governing classes of expressions)

Synonyms:

formalisation; formalization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

rationalisation; rationalization; systematisation; systematization (systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale)

Derivation:

formalize (declare or make legally valid)

formalize (make formal or official)