modernization
1. [ noun ] making modern in appearance of behavior
Synonyms: modernizing modernisation
Examples:

"the modernization of Nigeria will be a long process"

Related terms: improvement civilize
2. [ noun ] (writing) a modernized version (as of a play)
Related terms: adaptation
Similar spelling:   modernisation
  modernizing
  modernized
  modernistic
  modern_font
  modernised
  modern_man
  modern_era
  modern_jazz