russification
russification is the alternative form of Russification.
Noun capitalized: Russification
Russification (uncountable)
- The process of making anything Russian.
- the Russification of Western rock music
- As a schoolboy in the Soviet Ukraine's second largest city of Kharkiv, (it was then spelled Kharkov in line with the all-permeating 'Russification'), I was a railway buff.2024 September 4, Vitali Vitaliev, “A salute to Ukraine's 'Second Army'”, in RAIL, number 1017, page 46
- A policy that enforces traditional Russian values either domestically or internationally.
- Localization of a software or hardware interface (e.g. text on buttons of a washing machine) into the Russian language, whether using Cyrillic or transliteration. See Computer Russification.
- Enabling a computer system to work with the Russian Cyrillic alphabet.
Antonyms of russification
Origin of russification
From Russify + -ication, q.v. Equivalent to Russia or Russian + -ification.
Words formed from russification
Questions about russification
- What does russification mean?
- Russification means the process of making anything Russian.
- What is russification the alternative form of?
- Russification is the alternative form of Russification.
- What part of speech is russification?
- Russification is a noun.
Words near russification in the dictionary
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