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Bostonization

Bostonization noun: the process of Bostonizing.

Noun

Bostonization (uncountable)

  1. The process of Bostonizing.
    • The "Bostonization" of New York's hitherto anti-institutionalist charities and inheritance laws created the basis for the establishment of the large unregulated endowed institutions — especially foundations — on which the twentieth-century Establishment built its power.1992, George E. Marcus, Peter Dobkin Hall, Lives in trust, page 354
    • Does Bostonization of the national literary class imply the formation of a national literary center?2000, The North Carolina Historical Review, volume 77, number 2, page 259

Origin of Bostonization

From Boston + -ization.

Questions about Bostonization

What does Bostonization mean?
Bostonization means the process of Bostonizing.
What part of speech is Bostonization?
Bostonization is a noun.

Words near Bostonization in the dictionary

  1. Bostonia
  2. Bostonian
  3. Bostonians
  4. bostonite
  5. Bostonites
  6. Bostonization
  7. Bostonize
  8. Bostonized
  9. Bostonizes
  10. Bostonizing
  11. Bostons

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