Anglicization
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8.1
- noun
- /ˌæŋɡlɪsɪˈzeɪʃən/
- Specialized
:
anglificación
- The process of Anglicization changed many local customs to resemble those in England.
Examples
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Charles I attempted to bring the Scots more into line with his other subjects and began a process of Anglicization.
Academic text (2006) -
The central government may fear that the border is suffering from "denationalization" and agringamiento (anglicization), but the border city as a place of purpose continues to operate and exhibit itself as fundamentally Mexican.
Academic text (1996) -
But yes, it caused a forced anglicization on small-town boys and girls as the need for bodies went vertical somewhere around 2002-2003.
Blog text (9) -
Linguistic assimilation has not been a "normal" process of Anglicization, but a turbulent, sometimes violent history of cultural and political conflict.
Academic text (1999) -
Semantic distinctiveness became another form of visual resistance to the Anglicization of the roadside.
Academic text (2003) -
The anglicization of Nobody also resulted in his gaining a counterpart, Somebody, a figure who is all body (fig. 3).
Academic text (2016) -
The duly appointed Commissioners of National Education in Ireland (CNEI, also called "the Board") were mostly Irishmen, but saw their task as Anglicization.
Academic text (1999) -
No one is really sure of its origin, but some say it is an Anglicization of Honcho dori, which back in the day was a street of ill repute in Yokohama, Japan.
Blog text (7) -
Ironically, even in light of the century-long Anglicization policy of the Board, after the 1916 rising against British rule, the CNEI Resident Commissioner Dr. W. J. M. Starkie wondered whether pupils had corrupted their parents with nationalism.
Academic text (1999) -
This has nothing to do with their fondness for alcoholic beverages, but is rather an Anglicization of the aboriginal name for the birds, Wisakedjak, who was a mischievous trickster from Algonquian mythology.
Blog text (24)
Synonyms
A process that makes something more English in how it looks, sounds or is written
How Anglicized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Anglicization = Anglicize (transparent) = Anglic + ize + ation
The verb 'Anglicize' is built from the combining form 'Anglic-' (not a standalone common word) plus the productive verb-forming '-ize', so learners may not fully recognise the base verb form.
Etymology
Anglicization comes from the root Anglic-, meaning 'English', and the ending -ization, meaning 'the process of making'. So, Anglicization means making names, speech, or customs more like 'English', which is why we use it for accents, spellings, and traditions that change to match English ways.