grangerisation

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grangerisation

/ˈɡɹeɪnʒəɹɪˌzeɪʃən/

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Named after English biographer James Granger (1723–1776).

noun grangerisations · grangerization

countable, uncountable The practice of illustrating a book with pictures taken from published sources, such as by clipping them out for one's own use. Today, he is more remembered for the manner of his death and his habit of collecting books and illustrating them with pictures ripped out of other books, now seen as an act of vandalism and given the name ‘grangerisation’.
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countable, uncountable A book illustrated by this process.

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@misc{grangerisation_2026,
  title = {grangerisation},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/grangerisation},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}