banalization

English

Etymology

From French banalisation, from Middle French ; as if banalise +‎ -ation.

Noun

banalization (countable and uncountable, plural banalizations)

1. American and Oxford British English standard spelling of banalisation.
   • 2014, Shirin Deylami, Jonathan Havercroft, The Politics of HBO’s The Wire: Everything is Connected, page 129:

     At first glance, one could critically dismiss The Wire as reflective of the banalization of violence, for violence is everywhere...