“Liberalization” or “Liberalisation”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 6 prefer “liberalization” and 5 prefer “liberalisation”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	liberalization	liberalisation	Preference
United States	92	8	“liberalization”
United Kingdom	32	68	“liberalisation”
India	27	73	“liberalisation”
Philippines	94	6	“liberalization”
Canada	89	11	“liberalization”
Australia	29	71	“liberalisation”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	32	68	“liberalisation”
New Zealand	29	71	“liberalisation”
Jamaica	85	15	“liberalization”
Trinidad & Tobago	83	17	“liberalization”
Guyana	82	18	“liberalization”

Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“liberalization”

This "liberalization" of the party led to…
…then, till before India's economic liberalization, circumstances compelled him for opportunity…
A period of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia called the Prague…
…view then was that trade liberalization may help stimulate economic growth.
…French words, and ideas of liberalization were based on the English
…which was followed by a liberalization of some of the tight…
…the railroad and the economic liberalization of that time.
…cultural establishment allowed a certain liberalization in the national cinema industry,…
…well as the scope of liberalization efforts being undertaken (e.g., relatively…
…and Carnap—began the program of "liberalization of empiricism", and they also…

“liberalisation”

…or reduction of tariffs, (b) liberalisation of non-tariff barriers, (c) flexible…
Following economic liberalisation in India in 1991, BPL…
…programme (promising "neither nationalisations nor liberalisation") and advocated a "united France,"…
…parts of the developing world, liberalisation brought significant benefits for large…
…began a process of political liberalisation in advance of the country's…
…was opposed to the economic liberalisation in India.
…up its markets through economic liberalisation.
…of the British colonial government's liberalisation of the import of grain…
…the belief was that any liberalisation in one bloc country could…
Since the economic liberalisation of 1991, India's GDP has…

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