beautification

English

Etymology

First attested in 1600, from beautify (“to make beautiful”) +‎ -ication.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bjuːtɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

beautification (countable and uncountable, plural beautifications)

1. Making beautiful, beautifying, improving the appearance of something.

   Antonym: uglification

   Near-synonym: prettification

   Thanks to the beautification efforts, the appearance of the highway has vastly improved.

   • 2025 August 16, Emma Jacobs, quoting Aamer Khan, “Would you pay $200,000 to look half your age?”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5:

     This trend, which he attributes to social media and describes as “beautification” rather than a desire to turn back the years, might involve a blepharoplasty or removing buccal fat (between the cheek and jaw bones.)

Related terms

• beautician
• beautiful
• beauty

Translations

beautifying, making beautiful

• Arabic: تَجْمِيل m (tajmīl)
• French: embellissement (fr) m
• German: Verschönerung (de) f, Ausschmückung f
• Greek: καλλωπισμός (el) m (kallopismós)
• Italian: abbellimento (it) m
• Kashmiri: شوٗبرَن (śūbran)
• Polish: upiększenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: embelezamento m
• Romanian: înfrumusețare (ro) f
• Spanish: embellecimiento (es) m
• Turkish: güzelleştirme
• Volapük: jönam, jönükam