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Finnishization

Finnishization noun: the act or process of making Finnish.

Noun

Finnishization (uncountable)

  1. the act or process of making Finnish.
    • The society advocated Finnishization, an end to Swedish bilingualism, and a barrier to Swedish “contamination,” positing the existence of a Finnish race that mixed Nordic, east Baltic, and Finnish ethnic elements.1996, Stanley G. Payne, A History of Fascism, 1914–1945, University of Wisconsin Pres, →ISBN, page 311
    • The Finnishization of the East has surpassed even the dreams of the Greater Finland propagandists.2001, Jukka Siikala, Departures: How Societies Distribute Their People, →ISBN

Origin of Finnishization

From Finnish + -ization.

Questions about Finnishization

What does Finnishization mean?
Finnishization means the act or process of making Finnish.
What part of speech is Finnishization?
Finnishization is a noun.

Words near Finnishization in the dictionary

  1. Finnish Lapphund
  2. Finnish Lapphunds
  3. Finnish Sign Language
  4. Finnish Spitz
  5. Finnish Spitzes
  6. Finnishization
  7. Finnishman
  8. Finnishmen
  9. Finnishness
  10. Finnley
  11. Finnmark

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Finnishization (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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