Memorialisation

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The process of creating a lasting tribute that serves to honor and remember significant individuals or events
2. An activity that involves preserving memories or significant moments through dedicated honors or symbols
3. The act of establishing a commemorative representation to ensure the remembrance of important people or occurrences

Etymology: "Memorialisation" is a plain formation: the noun "memorial" with the suffix "-isation," the British spelling of "-ization," which turns a noun or adjective into a noun for the process of doing something. Put together, the word names the process of making something memorial, that is, of keeping a person or event in remembrance. The base word carries the older history. "Memorial" comes from Latin "memoria," meaning memory, and it has long been used both as an adjective ("a memorial service") and as a noun for a monument or object that keeps someone's memory alive. The suffix "-isation" arrived in English through French from Greek-derived Latin endings ending in "-izare," so the new word is a relatively recent combination of an old root with a productive modern ending rather than a term with a long independent past.

Synonyms: commemoration, remembrance, honoring