Home › Words › I › italicizationitalicization/ɪˌtælɪsaɪˈzeɪʃən/italicization means the process of italicizing; something italicized.italicization is pronounced /ɪˌtælɪsaɪˈzeɪʃən/.EtymologyFrom italic + -ization or italicize + -ation.nounThe process of italicizing; something italicized.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).