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footballization

footballization noun: the process of increasing the popularity of football (soccer) in a region.

Noun

footballization (uncountable)

  1. The process of increasing the popularity of football (soccer) in a region.
  2. The influence of football on real-life matters such as politics, economics and the media.
  3. The tendency to turn issues into "political footballs".

Forms of footballization

alternative formfootballisation

Origin of footballization

From football + -ization.

Questions about footballization

What does footballization mean?
Footballization means the process of increasing the popularity of football (soccer) in a region.
What part of speech is footballization?
Footballization is a noun.

Words near footballization in the dictionary

  1. footballisation
  2. footballish
  3. footballist
  4. footballistic
  5. footballists
  6. footballization
  7. footballs
  8. footband
  9. footbands
  10. footbank
  11. footbanks

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