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Southernization

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Southernization is a noun meaning The process of southernizing.

Meaning

The process of southernizing.

More Meanings

  1. In particular, the adaptation of something (mainly America or its politics) to the norms and practices of the American South.
  2. The adaptation of a society to the developments, technologies and crops of southern Asia, such as sugar, cotton, and Arabic numerals. (An analogue of westernization, suggested by historian Lynda Shaffer.)

Example Sentences

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Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include southernification, northernization, easternization, tropicalization, sinification, modernization.

southernificationnorthernizationeasternizationtropicalizationsinificationmodernizationculturalizationforeignization

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