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Haitianization

Haitianization noun: the process of making something Haitian.

Noun

Haitianization (uncountable)

  1. The process of making something Haitian.
  2. The process of something taking on Haitian characteristics.
    • The earlier political consensus disappeared, and the strength of Jamaican democracy was severely tested. Talk of the gradual "Haitianization" of the island replaced predictions of economic takeoff.1985, John D. Forbes, Jamaica Managing Political and Economic Change, Washington, D.C.: American Enterprise Institute Press, →ISBN, page 3
    • ...increased unrest on the part of slaves. The latter... sharpened masters' long-standing fears of "Haitianization", already made acute by the 1835 Malê rebellion...2010, Robert W. Slenes, edited by Mark M. Smith and Robert L. Paquette, The Oxford Handbook of Slavery in the Americas, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →DOI, 5 Brazil, page 124

Origin of Haitianization

From Haitian + -ization.

Questions about Haitianization

What does Haitianization mean?
Haitianization means the process of making something Haitian.
What part of speech is Haitianization?
Haitianization is a noun.

Words near Haitianization in the dictionary

  1. Haiti
  2. Haitian
  3. Haitian Creole
  4. Haitian Vodoun Culture Language
  5. Haitianism
  6. Haitianization
  7. Haitianize
  8. Haitianized
  9. Haitianizes
  10. Haitianizing
  11. Haitianness

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