brazilianisation
brazilianisation is the alternative letter-case form of Brazilianization.
Meaning of Brazilianization
Noun
Brazilianization (countable and uncountable, plural Brazilianizations)
- An increase in the percentage of Brazilian people or cultural elements in an area or industry.
- As chief of Interventor Cordeiro de Farias' personal military staff. Peracchi had been active in the local implementation of the Estado Novo's Brazilianization campaign, in which excesses had occurred against Germans and Italians.1974, Carlos E. Cortés, Gaúcho politics in Brazil: the politics of Rio Grande do Sul, 1930-1964, page 163
- Social change characterized by classism, economic disparity, and a large underclass that suffers from unemployment and underemployment.
- What is going on in my opinion is the "Brazilianization of India". You have high levels of inequality, a spectacular film and culture industry, the proliferation of television, and for the first time in the history of India, you have the legitimization of inequality among the elite.2004, Geert Lovink, Uncanny Networks: Dialogues with the Virtual Intelligentsia, →ISBN
Noun capitalized: Brazilianisation
Brazilianisation (countable and uncountable, plural Brazilianisations)
- An increased percentage of Brazilian people or culture.
- The whole effort is at present directed to nothing more than the prevention of the Brazilianisation of the Germans in Brazil. It is all quite natural ; but it is also quite natural that the Brazilian Government, which has to look on at this systematic effort to prevent a large portion of its...1908, William Thomas Arnold -, German Ambitions as They Affect Britain and the United States of America
- The President-elect's very strong sense of nationalism and his all-pervading idea of Brazilianisation alone would insist that any political system established in Brazil must conform to Brazilian realities.1950, Charles Dunlop, The South American Journal - Volumes 147-148, page 193
- A social change toward economic disparity.
- In Chapter 5 the narrative and analysis shift to the global South, that part of the globe once known as the Third World. This is the main site of "informalisation' (or Brazilianisation) whereby 'non-standard' forms of employment become prevalent.2002, Ronaldo Munck, Globalization and Labour: The New 'Great Transformation', →ISBN, page xii
- National governments can try to resist Brazilianisation by regulating their labour markets and closing their borders, but the most likely end result in today's global conditions is economic stagnation or even decline.2008, Ken Roberts, Youth in Transition: In Eastern Europe and the West, →ISBN, page 210
Forms of brazilianisation
| plural | brazilianisations |
|---|---|
| plural | Brazilianisations |
Questions about brazilianisation
- What does brazilianisation mean?
- Brazilianisation means an increased percentage of Brazilian people or culture.
- What is brazilianisation the alternative letter-case form of?
- Brazilianisation is the alternative letter-case form of Brazilianization.
- What part of speech is brazilianisation?
- Brazilianisation is a noun.
- What is the plural of brazilianisation?
- The plural of brazilianisation is brazilianisations.
Words near brazilianisation in the dictionary
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