modernization

noun modernization

• stagnation — the state or condition of stagnating, or having stopped, as by ceasing to run or flow: Meteorologists forecast ozone and air stagnation.
• tradition — the handing down of statements, beliefs, legends, customs, information, etc., from generation to generation, especially by word of mouth or by practice: a story that has come down to us by popular tradition.
• custom — A custom is an activity, a way of behaving, or an event which is usual or traditional in a particular society or in particular circumstances.
• habit — an acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary: the habit of looking both ways before crossing the street.
• old — far advanced in the years of one's or its life: an old man; an old horse; an old tree.