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southernization

southernization noun: the process of southernizing.

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.
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  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.

Forms of southernization

alternative formsouthernisation

Origin of southernization

From southern + -ization.

Words that rhyme with southernization

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Questions about southernization

What does southernization mean?
Southernization means the process of southernizing.
What part of speech is southernization?
Southernization is a noun.

Words near southernization in the dictionary

  1. southernising
  2. southernism
  3. southernisms
  4. southernist
  5. southernists
  6. southernization
  7. southernize
  8. southernized
  9. southernizes
  10. southernizing
  11. southernliness

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