aggiornamento

n., pl., -tos.
The process of bringing an institution or organization up to date; modernization.

[Italian, from aggiornare, to update : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + giorno, day (from Latin diurnus, daily; see diurnal).]

(a-jor-nuh-MEN-toh)

noun
The process of bringing an institution or organization up to date; modernization.

Etymology
Italian, from aggiornare, to update : a-, to (from Latin ad-) + giorno, day, from Latin diurnus, daily.

Usage
"He (Jay Josen) terms journalism a hidebound profession to which he is offering an aggiornamento, to engender a `healthier public climate.'" — E.F. Porter, Rosen's civic journalism counter to good journalism, St. Louis Journalism Review, Dec 1999.

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