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Norwegianization

Norwegianization noun: the former Norwegian government policy of assimilating the Sami and Kven peoples into an ethnically and culturally uniform Norwegian population.

Noun

Norwegianization (countable and uncountable, plural Norwegianizations)

  1. (uncountable) The former Norwegian government policy of assimilating the Sami and Kven peoples into an ethnically and culturally uniform Norwegian population.
    • The joik, and Sami culture generally, for a long time had been endangered under the fornorsking, or Norwegianization, policy.2024 May 16, Avedis Hadjian, “The Sami people bring on spring - with reindeer and sleighs”, in The Christian Science Monitor
  2. (countable) The changing of foreign words into a Norwegian form.
    • "Snøbrett" is a Norwegianization of "snowboard".

Forms of Norwegianization

pluralNorwegianizations
alternative formNorwegianisation

Origin of Norwegianization

From Norwegian + -ization.

Questions about Norwegianization

What does Norwegianization mean?
Norwegianization means the former Norwegian government policy of assimilating the Sami and Kven peoples into an ethnically and culturally uniform Norwegian population.
What part of speech is Norwegianization?
Norwegianization is a noun.
What is the plural of Norwegianization?
The plural of Norwegianization is Norwegianizations.

Words near Norwegianization in the dictionary

  1. Norwegianisations
  2. Norwegianise
  3. Norwegianised
  4. Norwegianises
  5. Norwegianising
  6. Norwegianization
  7. Norwegianizations
  8. Norwegianize
  9. Norwegianized
  10. Norwegianizes
  11. Norwegianizing

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