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Turkmenization

Turkmenization noun: the act or process of Turkmenizing.

Noun

Turkmenization (uncountable)

  1. The act or process of Turkmenizing.
    • Niyazov has stepped up Turkmenization of society, including the introduction of a stringent language law which could alienate both non-Turkmen and Turkmen alike.2004, Sally Cummings, Power and Change in Central Asia, Routledge, →ISBN
    • Niyazov's Turkmenization project, declaring Turkmenistan the 'home of ethnic Turkmen', left little room for the development of the other ethnies and their languages (IRIN 2005).2011, Jacob M. Landau, Barbara Kellner-Heinkele, Language Politics in Contemporary Central Asia: National and Ethnic Identity and the Soviet Legacy, I.B.Tauris, →ISBN, page 161

Origin of Turkmenization

From Turkmen + -ization.

Questions about Turkmenization

What does Turkmenization mean?
Turkmenization means the act or process of Turkmenizing.
What part of speech is Turkmenization?
Turkmenization is a noun.

Words near Turkmenization in the dictionary

  1. Turkmenian
  2. Turkmenians
  3. Turkmenistan
  4. Turkmenistani
  5. Turkmenistanis
  6. Turkmenization
  7. Turkmenize
  8. Turkmenness
  9. Turkmeno-
  10. Turkmens
  11. Turkmán

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