Usually means: Formalized behavior repeated in patterns.
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  1. ritualization: Merriam-Webster
  2. ritualization: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ritualization: Collins English Dictionary
  4. ritualization: Wiktionary
  5. ritualization: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. ritualization: Dictionary.com
  7. Ritualization: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. ritualization: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. ritualization: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ritualization)

▸ noun:  the act of giving something a ritual meaning or significance

Similar:
ritualisation, deritualization, ritualism, ritual, ceremonialism, ceremony, religification, service, formality, symbolification, more...

Opposite:
spontaneity, informality, casualness

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Similar:
ritualisation, deritualization, ritualism, ritual, ceremonialism, ceremony, religification, service, formality, symbolification, more...

Opposite:
spontaneity, informality, casualness



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