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“Ritualized” or “Ritualised”

Language

Ritualized and ritualised are both English terms.

Usage

Ritualized is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US) while ritualised is predominantly used in 🇬🇧 British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

In terms of actual appearance and usage, here's a breakdown by country, with usage level out of 100 (if available) 👇:

Term US UK India Philippines Canada Australia Liberia Ireland New Zealand Jamaica Trinidad & Tobago Guyana
ritualized 100 28 73 100 100 31 0 0 0 0 0 0
ritualised 0 72 27 0 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • In the United States, there is a preference for "ritualized" over "ritualised" (100 to 0).
  • In the United Kingdom, there is a 72 to 28 preference for "ritualised" over "ritualized".
  • In India, there is a preference for "ritualized" over "ritualised" (73 to 27).
  • In the Philippines, there is a preference for "ritualized" over "ritualised" (100 to 0).
  • In Canada, there is a preference for "ritualized" over "ritualised" (100 to 0).
  • In Australia, there is a 69 to 31 preference for "ritualised" over "ritualized".
  • In Liberia, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "ritualized" and "ritualised".
  • In Ireland, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "ritualized" and "ritualised".
  • In New Zealand, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "ritualized" and "ritualised".
  • In Jamaica, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "ritualized" and "ritualised".
  • In Trinidad & Tobago, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "ritualized" and "ritualised".
  • In Guyana, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "ritualized" and "ritualised".
Examples

Below, we provide some examples of when to use ritualized or ritualised with sample sentences.

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Examples in Context

Examples of “ritualized”

  • implicitly equated with superstition and ritualized sacrifice.
  • in Celtic, Norse and Other Ritualized Landscapes, Thames and Hudson,
  • in Turkey was a complex, ritualized process.
  • McCorkle argued that these ritualized compulsions (especially in regard to
  • origin of the practice (this ritualized alternative to a more disabling
  • Central India involving robbery and ritualized murder and mutilation on highways—and
  • and mating behavior is strictly ritualized and starts in April–June.
  • of Gabriel Herman who studied "ritualized kinship" in the 1987 Ritualized
  • With the theory, ritualized symbolic practices (RSPs) are socially
  • warlike cultures, war is often ritualized with a number of taboos

Examples of “ritualised”

  • court life; or conversely, the ritualised nature of the king's public
  • It is harder to find ritualised deposits on dry land.
  • among those publicly burnt in ritualised book burnings held across Germany.
  • means to eradicate their more ritualised marriages.
  • display flight, a 'bowing' display, ritualised preening and 'billing' during courtship.
  • language found in the highly ritualised percussion music of Japan and
  • species have evolved forms of ritualised combat to determine who wins
  • with the Church and the ritualised theatricality of the mass.
  • immediate aftermath of his public, ritualised murder by his opponents is
  • Ritualised sacrifice was usually performed in


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