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Zairization

Zairization 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 Zairization

From Zaire + -ization.

Questions about Zairization

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

Words near Zairization in the dictionary

  1. Zairese
  2. Zairian
  3. Zairianization
  4. Zairians
  5. zairite
  6. Zairization
  7. zaisan
  8. zaisang
  9. zaisangs
  10. zaisans
  11. zaisu

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Zairization (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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