Statistics for -ization Vocabulary Quiz

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definition	word	% Correct
Milk treatment method, named after its French inventor	pasteurization	85%
Vaccination to make you more resistant to disease	immunisation	74%
FAO, UNESCO and ILO, for example	organisation	73%
WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THIS CLUE	capitalization	70%
Making something more up-to-date	modernisation	65%
All crowds are noisy or All men are bad drivers, for example	generalization	63%
Indians, Aborigines and Maori have all experienced this from other nations	colonisation	54%
Balancing out, to make two amounts the same	equalization	50%
When armed forces get ready for war	mobilization	49%
When permission is given	authorisation	39%
Antonym of casualization	formalisation	38%
TV version of a historic event	dramatisation	32%
Interviewer: "What do you think of British ________?" Gandhi: "I think that would be a very good idea"	civilization	30%
Enshrining something in law	legalisation	26%
Classifying things into groups with similar attributes	categorization	25%
Treating somone hurtfully or cruelly	victimization	23%
Superficially reasonable explanation that is unrelated to the true, usually less agreeable, reason for an action	rationalization	21%
Every country agreeing that a red traffic light means stop, for example	standardization	20%
Confinement of someone, especially to a facility for long-term health care	institutionalisation	18%
When opposing points of view become more entrenched	polarisation	18%