liberalization

English

Alternative forms

• liberalisation (UK)

Etymology

From liberalize +‎ -ation or liberal +‎ -ization.

Noun

liberalization (countable and uncountable, plural liberalizations)

1. The process or act of making more liberal.
   • 1981 December 5, Scott Brookie, “Great Britain Charged With Treaty Violation For Irish Anti-Gay Law”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 20, page 1:

     Paisley's three year "Save Ulster from Sodomy" campaign has been a significant force in preventing until now the liberalization of laws about gayness in the British protectorate.

2. (economics) the lessening of government regulations and restrictions in an economy in exchange for greater participation by private entities^Wp

Translations

the process or act of making more liberal

• Belarusian: лібераліза́цыя f (libjeralizácyja)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自由化 (zh) (zìyóuhuà)

• Dutch: liberalisering (nl) f
• French: libéralisation (fr) f
• Galician: liberalización (gl) f
• German: Liberalisierung (de) f
• Hungarian: liberalizáció (hu)
• Indonesian: liberalisasi (id), peliberalan (id)
• Italian: liberalizzazione (it) f
• Kazakh: ырықтандыру (yryqtandyru)
• Malayalam: ഉദാരവത്കരണം (udāravatkaraṇaṁ)
• Polish: liberalizacja f
• Portuguese: liberalização f
• Russian: либерализа́ция (ru) f (liberalizácija), освобожде́ние (ru) n (osvoboždénije)
• Spanish: liberalización f
• Swedish: liberalisering (sv) c
• Ukrainian: лібераліза́ція f (liberalizácija)
• Vietnamese: tự do hoá