modernisation
Bringing up-to-date
Modernisation is the British spelling of modernization—the process of updating something to current standards or technologies.
Countries undergo modernisation when they industrialise and adopt contemporary institutions.
A company might pursue modernisation of its factories or IT systems.
The modernisation of the railway network took decades.
Adopting Euro-American culture
- globalisationWorldwide economic and cultural integration
- secularisationShift from religious governance
- urbanisationGrowth of city populations
- industrialisationTransition to factory-based economy
colonisation · acculturation · assimilation · cultural shift · social change · Meiji · nation-building
Improve by correcting faults
- overhaulComplete systematic repair
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
- renovationRestoring to good condition
- revampRestructure extensively
update · renewal · upgrade · conversion · redesign · refurbishment · rehabilitation · remodeling
Progress toward maturity
- advancementForward movement or promotion
- improvementPositive change in quality
- growthIncrease in size
- evolutionSpecies changing over generations
enhancement · refinement · maturation · expansion · enrichment · flourishing · emergence · leapfrogging
Sudden important advance
- pioneeringFirst to explore territory
- cutting-edgeAt innovation's forefront
- state-of-the-artMost technologically advanced available
- avant-gardeInnovative cultural pioneers
technological · inventiveness · ingenuity · experimentation · futurism · disruption · smart technology · digitalization
Directed flow of charge
- up-to-dateReflecting present knowledge
- present-dayOf this era
- recentOf the near past
- newRecently created or begun
fresh · updated · sleek · sophisticated · streamlined · minimalist · functional
westernisation
Adopting Euro-American culture
- globalisationWorldwide economic and cultural integration
- secularisationShift from religious governance
- urbanisationGrowth of city populations
industrialisation · colonisation · acculturation · assimilation · cultural shift · social change · Meiji · nation-building
reform
Improve by correcting faults
- overhaulComplete systematic repair
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
- renovationRestoring to good condition
revamp · update · renewal · upgrade · conversion · redesign · refurbishment · rehabilitation · remodeling · adaptation
development
Progress toward maturity
- advancementForward movement or promotion
- improvementPositive change in quality
- growthIncrease in size
evolution · enhancement · refinement · maturation · expansion · enrichment · flourishing · emergence · leapfrogging · catch-up
breakthrough
Sudden important advance
- pioneeringFirst to explore territory
- cutting-edgeAt innovation's forefront
- state-of-the-artMost technologically advanced available
avant-garde · technological · inventiveness · ingenuity · experimentation · futurism · disruption · smart technology · digitalization
current
Directed flow of charge
- up-to-dateReflecting present knowledge
- present-dayOf this era
- recentOf the near past
new · fresh · updated · sleek · sophisticated · streamlined · minimalist · functional
- Blair EraTony Blair, New Labour, Gordon Brown, spin doctors, Downing Street
- développementexpansion, evolution, amelioration, maturation, innovation
modernisationreversion
Return to former state
traditionalism · archaism · regression · restoration · primitivism
modernisationpreservation
Maintaining something's condition
conservation · stagnation · ossification · fossilisation · maintenance
modernisationdeterioration
Process of declining quality
decline · backwardness · decay · underdevelopment · obsolescence