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Chechenize

Chechenize verb: to render Chechen, to assimilate into Chechen language or culture.

Verb

Chechenize (third-person singular simple present Chechenizes, present participle Chechenizing, simple past and past participle Chechenized)

  1. (transitive) To render Chechen, to assimilate into Chechen language or culture.
    • There are to be small local garrisons deployed in about two hundred towns and villages; these are to be supported by the local Chechen militia under Kadyrov's control, the strength of which is to be increased from 5,000 to 15,000 men. At the same time, in an effort to “Chechenize” the conflict and...2001, Stephen Shenfield, “Chechnya at a Turning Point”, in The Brown Journal of World Affairs, volume 8, number 1, page 67
    • Capitalizing on the dynamic between traditional Sufi Islam and its Salafi opposition, Moscow has successfully Chechenized the conflict since the 2000s.2009, Cermyn Moore, Paul Tumelty, “Assessing Unholy Alliances in Chechnya: From Communism and Nationalism to Islamism and Salafism”, in Muslims and Communists in Post-Transition States, New York...

Examples of Chechenize in a sentence

  • At the same time, in an effort to “Chechenize” the conflict and win over Chechen hearts and minds, the prerogatives of Kadyrov's administration are to be broadened.2001, Stephen Shenfield, “Chechnya at a Turning Point”, in The Brown Journal of World Affairs, volume 8, number 1, page 67:
  • while the First War was a clear conflict between Chechen secessionists and the Russian federal center, the Second War was “Chechenized” by the Kremlin.2023, Egor Lazarev, State-Building as Lawfare. Custom, Sharia, and State Law in Postwar Chechnya, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page...

Forms of Chechenize

third-person singular presentChechenizes
present participleChechenizing
past participleChechenized
pastChechenized

Origin of Chechenize

From Chechen + -ize.

Questions about Chechenize

What does Chechenize mean?
Chechenize means to render Chechen, to assimilate into Chechen language or culture.
How do you use Chechenize in a sentence?
At the same time, in an effort to “Chechenize” the conflict and win over Chechen hearts and minds, the prerogatives of Kadyrov's administration are to be broadened.
What part of speech is Chechenize?
Chechenize is a verb.
What is the past tense of Chechenize?
The past tense of Chechenize is Chechenized.

Words near Chechenize in the dictionary

  1. Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
  2. Chechen-Ingush ASSR
  3. Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Oblast
  4. Chechenia
  5. Chechenization
  6. Chechenize
  7. Chechenized
  8. Chechenness
  9. Checheno-
  10. Chechens
  11. cheches

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