ritualization


rit·u·al·ize

R0260300 (rĭch′o͞o-ə-līz′)tr.v. rit·u·al·ized, rit·u·al·iz·ing, rit·u·al·iz·es 1. To make a ceremony of or put in the form of a ceremony: The Christian service ritualizes the Last Supper in the Eucharist.2. To put into a prescribed and socially acceptable form or order: "Sport ritualizes aggression and allows it to be linked with competitive achievement" (David Whitson).3. Zoology To cause (behavior) to have the form of a ritual: courtship behavior that has become ritualized.
rit′u·al·i·za′tion (-ə-lĭ-zā′shən) n.

ritualization

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ritualisation

nthe state or process of ritualizing
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