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Egyptianization

Egyptianization noun: the making of a place or practice more Egyptian or more like Egypt; the introduction of Egyptian elements, practices, attitudes, language, etc.

Noun

Egyptianization (uncountable)

  1. The making of a place or practice more Egyptian or more like Egypt; the introduction of Egyptian elements, practices, attitudes, language, etc.
    • 2003. "All the negotiations conducted in the 1930s on the principle of the Egyptianization of the canal’s staff and the training of skilled agents demonstrate that the concession system was perceived as a temporary system inherited from a bygone era, whose breakdown had to be accelerated." —...

Origin of Egyptianization

From Egyptian + -ization.

Questions about Egyptianization

What does Egyptianization mean?
Egyptianization means the making of a place or practice more Egyptian or more like Egypt; the introduction of Egyptian elements, practices, attitudes, language, etc.
What part of speech is Egyptianization?
Egyptianization is a noun.

Words near Egyptianization in the dictionary

  1. Egyptian water-lilies
  2. Egyptian water-lily
  3. Egyptian wolf
  4. Egyptianism
  5. Egyptianisms
  6. Egyptianization
  7. Egyptianize
  8. Egyptianized
  9. Egyptianizes
  10. Egyptianizing
  11. Egyptianness

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