modernization

/ˌmɑdɝnaɪˈzeɪʃə/, /ˌmɑdɝnəˈzeɪʃən/ noun

**Modernization** is the act of bringing something up to date, typically by introducing new technology or methods. It replaces older practices with newer, more efficient ones. The result is a system or object that fits contemporary standards. The term often describes large‑scale changes in societies, businesses, or infrastructure, where outdated equipment is swapped for digital alternatives, procedures are streamlined, and designs are refreshed. It can be driven by policy, market pressure, or a desire for competitiveness, and it usually implies progress toward higher productivity, better service, or enhanced safety. Use it when you want to highlight a purposeful shift toward the present day.

【核心含义】现代化指通过引入新技术或方法,使事物达到当代标准的过程,通常以高效新体系替代旧模式。

多用于描述社会、企业或基础设施的大规模革新(如数字化改造、流程优化),强调主动追求进步。避免与单纯"更新"或"西方化"混淆。

【Significado central】La modernización es el proceso de actualizar algo para ajustarlo a los estándares actuales, generalmente sustituyendo prácticas anticuadas por tecnologías o métodos nuevos y más eficientes.

Se emplea sobre todo para describir transformaciones a gran escala en sociedades, empresas o infraestructuras (la digitalización de trámites, la renovación industrial, la modernización del transporte). Implica un avance deliberado hacia mayor productividad, competitividad o seguridad, impulsado por políticas públicas, presión del mercado o innovación tecnológica. Es un concepto más amplio que una simple "actualización" (cambio puntual) y no debe confundirse con "occidentalización" (adopción de valores culturales occidentales). Registro: formal.

Word Origin Modernization comes from modernus 'of the present time', which itself derives from modus 'measure, manner'. The idea: something modern is 'just now, in the current mode'. The -ize suffix makes it a verb, and -ation turns it into the process. The root modus is everywhere: model (a small measure), modify (to change the measure), moderate (keeping measure), even remedy (re-measure, fix). So modernization is the process of bringing things up to the current measure.

noun The process of modernizing. countable

The country's rapid modernization has transformed its infrastructure and economy.

(名词) 现代化 【现代化进程】

该国的快速现代化已经改变了其基础设施和经济。

(sustantivo) modernización; actualización; renovación [El proceso de modernizar.]

La rápida modernización del país ha transformado su infraestructura y su economía.

(nom) modernisation; renouveau; actualisation; mise à jour [Processus par lequel on modernise quelque chose.]

La modernisation rapide du pays a transformé ses infrastructures et son économie.

(Substantiv) Modernisierung [**Modernisierung** *f* – der Prozess, bei dem etwas durch zeitgemäße Methoden, Technologien oder Strukturen erneuert oder angepasst wird.]

Die schnelle **modernization** des Landes hat die Infrastruktur und Wirtschaft grundlegend verändert.

(名詞) 近代化。現代化すること。またはその過程。

その国の急速な modernization(近代化)は、インフラと経済を大きく変えた。

(substantivo) modernização; atualização; renovação; modernização [O processo de modernizar.]

A rápida modernização do país transformou sua infraestrutura e economia.

Word parts: modern + ize + ation

Common collocations

process subst theory subst economic adj development subst service subst plan subst state subst industrialization subst differentiation subst economy subst cultural adj reform subst

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