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Afghanisation

Afghanisation is the alternative form of Afghanization.

Meaning of Afghanization

Noun

Afghanization (uncountable)

  1. The gradual process of returning control of Afghanistan to the people of that country.
  2. The process of non-Pashtuns assimilating into the Pashtun culture.
  3. A language shift to Pashto.
  4. The mass immigration of Pashtun people into a specific area.

Origin of Afghanisation

From Afghan + -isation.

Questions about Afghanisation

What is Afghanisation the alternative form of?
Afghanisation is the alternative form of Afghanization.

Words near Afghanisation in the dictionary

  1. Afghan Sign Language
  2. Afghanese
  3. afghani
  4. Afghania
  5. afghanis
  6. Afghanisation
  7. Afghanise
  8. Afghanised
  9. Afghanises
  10. Afghanising
  11. Afghanistan

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Afghanisation (page history and authors); Afghanization (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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