-ation, -ization (-iz[e] + -ation); -isation (British spelling variation)

(Greek > Latin: a suffix; action, act, process, state, or condition; or result of doing something)

Although there are over 1,450 word entries ending with -ation or -ization listed in this unit, there are certainly many more which exist in the English language. At any rate, this unit provides a significant number of -ation and -ization examples for you to see.

deliberation (s) (noun), deliberations (pl)
1. The action of weighing a thing in the mind with a view to making a decision.
2. The consideration and discussion of the reasons for and against a measure by a number of councillors (e.g. in a legislative assembly).
3. A slowness in action or movement; leisureliness.
delineation
demilitarization (s) (noun), demilitarizations (pl)
To do away with a military organization or potential, or to prohibit; such as, a zone or frontier area, from being used for armed forces purposes.
demineralization
1. The act or process of removing minerals or mineral salts from a liquid; such as, water.
2. The loss, deprivation, or removal of minerals or mineral salts from the body; especially, through disease, as with the loss of calcium from bones or teeth.
3. Excessive elimination of mineral or inorganic salts; as in, pulmonary tuberculosis, cancer, and osteomalacia.
demonstration (s) (noun), demonstrations (pl)
1. The act of showing or making evident; a presentation to others of the way in which something works or is done.
2. Conclusive evidence; proof.
3. An illustration or explanation, as of a theory or product, by exemplification or practical application; conclusive proof.
4. A manifestation, as of one's feelings.
5. A public display of group opinion; a public show as a group for or against an issue, cause, or person; as by a rally or march: Ted and his friends attended the peace demonstrations.
6. A show of military force or readiness for combat.
demoralization
demulceation (s) (noun), demulceations (pl)
That which is soothing and softening.
denationalization (s) (noun) (no pl)
The removal of an organization or activity from government control: The denationalization of certain documents was turned over to a private group.
denaturalization (s) (noun), denaturalizations (pl)
1. The act or process of changing or destroying the quality or nature of something: Some areas of the region showed the effects of denaturalization by being turned into high-rises, shopping malls, and large parking lots.
2. The removal or deprivation of the rights and duties of a citizen: At some points of time, immigrants in the U.S. suffered under the measures of denaturalization.
denegation (s) (noun), denegations (pl)
A denial or a contradiction to comply with a request or instruction to do something: When Mary's mother asked her to clean up her room, Mary's denegation was a simple refusal saying that she had more important things to tend to!
denomination (s) (noun), denominations (pl)
1. The action of naming from or after something; giving a name to, calling by a name.
2. A mentioning or specifying by name.
3. A characteristic or qualifying name given to a thing or class of things; that which anything is called; an appellation, designation, title.
4. A collection of individuals classed together under the same name; now almost always specifically, a religious sect or body having a common faith and organization, and designated by a distinctive name.
5. A unit of value, especially monetary value.
denotation (s) (noun), denotations (pl)
dentification
denunciation (s) (noun), denunciations (pl)
Articulated public criticism of someone; such as, a strong reproof: Mr. Dean, the principal, was very upset and made an overt denunciation of the bad behavior of students at the soccer game.
deossification