villagization
villagization noun: resettlement of citizens into designated villages by governmental or military authorities, often to counter guerrilla activities.
Noun
villagization (countable and uncountable, plural villagizations)
- 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
- In late 1984, the Ethiopian government began a program of villagization which was intended to regroup the scattered homesteads, small hamlets and traditional villages of the entire countryside into a completely new pattern of grid-plan villages, laid out in accordance with central directives.1991, Alex de Waal, Evil Days: Thirty Years of War and Famine in Ethiopia, New York: Human Rights Watch, page 231
Forms of villagization
| plural | villagizations |
|---|---|
| alternative Commonwealth UK | villagisation |
Origin of villagization
From village + -ization.
Words formed from villagization
Questions about villagization
- What does villagization mean?
- Villagization means resettlement of citizens into designated villages by governmental or military authorities, often to counter guerrilla activities.
- What part of speech is villagization?
- Villagization is a noun.
- What is the plural of villagization?
- The plural of villagization is villagizations.
Words near villagization in the dictionary
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