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southernisation

southernisation is the alternative spelling of southernization.

Meaning of southernization

Noun

southernization (uncountable)

  1. The process of southernizing.
  2. In particular, the adaptation of something (mainly America or its politics) to the norms and practices of the American South.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:southernization.
  3. The adaptation of a society to the developments, technologies and crops of southern Asia, such as sugar, cotton, and Arabic numerals. (An analogue of westernization, suggested by historian Lynda Shaffer.)
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:southernization.

Origin of southernisation

From southern + -isation.

Questions about southernisation

What is southernisation the alternative spelling of?
Southernisation is the alternative spelling of southernization.

Words near southernisation in the dictionary

  1. Southern-fried
  2. Southerndown
  3. southerner
  4. southerners
  5. southernification
  6. southernisation
  7. southernise
  8. southernised
  9. southernises
  10. southernish
  11. southernising

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Adapted from Wiktionary: southernisation (page history and authors); southernization (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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