Home › Words › P › pillarizationpillarizationpillarization means the act or process of pillarizing.EtymologyFrom pillarize + -ation.nounThe act or process of pillarizing.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.pillarize 78% match — To divide into social pillars, in which each social group has its own social institutions. vs pillarization →columnization 73% match — Formation into columns or pillars. vs pillarization →columnarization 61% match — The process, or the result, of columnarizing vs pillarization →caterpillarization 60% match — The process or the result of caterpillarizing a tree. vs pillarization →polderization 60% match — The process of forming polders. vs pillarization →pillorying 59% match — The act by which someone is pilloried. vs pillarization →pillaret 58% match — A little pillar. vs pillarization →peculiarization 56% match — The act or process of peculiarizing, or of making peculiar. vs pillarization →