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Estonianization

Estonianization noun: the act or process of Estonianizing.

Noun

Estonianization (uncountable)

  1. the act or process of Estonianizing.
    • Thus, following the suppression of the radical right in 1934, the authoritarian regime of Konstantin Pats initiated a systematic campaign of Estonianization.2009, Anton Weiss-Wendt, Murder Without Hatred: Estonians and the Holocaust, →ISBN
    • A longitudinal review of these purposes reveals three, at times overlapping, goals: Estonianization, civic integration, and Russification.2011, Zvi Bekerman, Thomas Geisen, International Handbook of Migration, Minorities and Education: Understanding Cultural and Social Differences in Processes of Learning, Springer Science & Business...

Origin of Estonianization

From Estonianize + -ation.

Questions about Estonianization

What does Estonianization mean?
Estonianization means the act or process of Estonianizing.
What part of speech is Estonianization?
Estonianization is a noun.

Words near Estonianization in the dictionary

  1. Estonia
  2. Estonian
  3. Estonian Sign Language
  4. Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
  5. Estonian SSR
  6. Estonianization
  7. Estonianize
  8. Estonianized
  9. Estonianizes
  10. Estonianizing
  11. Estonianness

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