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Zairianization

Zairianization is the alternative form of Zaireanization.

Meaning of Zaireanization

Noun

Zaireanization (uncountable)

  1. A political process in Zaire in the 1960s and 1970s, aiming to rid the country of the influences of colonialism and Western culture by renaming cities, banning Western clothing, etc.

Origin of Zairianization

From Zairian + -ization.

Questions about Zairianization

What is Zairianization the alternative form of?
Zairianization is the alternative form of Zaireanization.

Words near Zairianization in the dictionary

  1. Zaireanization
  2. Zaireans
  3. zaires
  4. Zairese
  5. Zairian
  6. Zairianization
  7. Zairians
  8. zairite
  9. Zairization
  10. zaisan
  11. zaisang

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Zairianization (page history and authors); Zaireanization (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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