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[syn: demonetization, demonetisation]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
demonetization \de*mon`e*ti*za"tion\, n.
The act of demonetizing, or the condition of being
demonetized; specificially, the declaration by a government
that something (e.g. gold or silver) is no longer the legal
tender of a country; as, the demonetization of gold.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
demonetization
n 1: ending something (e.g. gold or silver) as no longer the
legal tender of a country [syn: demonetization,
demonetisation] [ant: monetisation, monetization]