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villagisation

villagisation is the alternative spelling of villagization.

Meaning of villagization

Noun

villagization (countable and uncountable, plural villagizations)

  1. Resettlement of citizens into designated villages by governmental or military authorities, often to counter guerrilla activities.
    • Other developments are taking place in Malaya. Naturally, villagisation is at first often resisted by those who are compelled to live in the new villages; nobody likes being torn up by the roots.1955, R. W. Sorensen, Hansard, Fifth Series, Volume 542, Session 1955-56, 21 June, 1955, p. 1207

Forms of villagisation

pluralvillagisations

Questions about villagisation

What is villagisation the alternative spelling of?
Villagisation is the alternative spelling of villagization.

Words near villagisation in the dictionary

  1. villagewards
  2. villagewide
  3. villagey
  4. villagio
  5. villagios
  6. villagisation
  7. villagisations
  8. villagise
  9. villagised
  10. villagises
  11. villagising

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