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chickenization

chickenization noun: the process of chickenizing, making into a vertically and horizontally integrated industry.

Noun

chickenization (uncountable)

  1. The process of chickenizing, making into a vertically and horizontally integrated industry.
    • The meat produced on these farms began taking up more shelf space in grocery stores around the country, squeezing out pricier pork produced by independent farmers and expensive beef raised by ranchers. The tide of chickenization was well under way.2014, Christopher Leonard, The Meat Racket: The Secret Takeover of America’s Food Business, New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 158

Origin of chickenization

From chickenize + -ation.

Questions about chickenization

What does chickenization mean?
Chickenization means the process of chickenizing, making into a vertically and horizontally integrated industry.
What part of speech is chickenization?
Chickenization is a noun.

Words near chickenization in the dictionary

  1. chickenier
  2. chickeniest
  3. chickening
  4. chickening out
  5. chickenish
  6. chickenization
  7. chickenize
  8. chickenized
  9. chickenizes
  10. chickenizing
  11. chickenless

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