WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
hom•i•ni•za•tion
(hom′ə nə zā′shən),USA pronunciation n.
- Physical Anthropologythe evolution of the human traits that set the genus Homo apart from its primate ancestors.
- Latin homin- (stem of homō man (see Homo) + -ization
- 1950–55