creolization
- noun
- /kriːoʊlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
- Specialized
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creolización cultural
- By a process of creolization, this costume was adapted to incorporate African motifs.
- cultural creolization
- creolization process
Examples
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What we see here is the creolization of comics, a phenomenon in which the mass media have played an essential role.
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By the early twentieth century, rural Mardi Gras included elements found in parallel continental French and French Canadian celebrations, and in situ creolization of the tradition.
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When the creolization process sets in, it requires, first of all, the absorption of new media and new genres.
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The Fanal is a spectacle of cultural mixing or creolization.
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The introduction of Indian folklore into Euro-American popular culture is, in my view, one key to understanding the development of a vernacular culture on the new continent as well as the creolization of European immigrant society, whose former knowledge fused within the new experience.
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Intermarriage not only helped outsiders assimilate into Malagasy society, but it also brought about a noticeable creolization, particularly in the northern sections of the east coast, which comprised a narrow strip split into segments by numerous rivers rushing down from a steep escarpment.
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The creolization of music in the Caribbean has led to the emergence of unique genres that blend African, European, and Indigenous influences.
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The festival celebrates the creolization of local traditions, showcasing how diverse cultural practices have merged over time.
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Through creolization, the local cuisine has developed new flavors that reflect both indigenous ingredients and colonial influences.
Synonyms
Different cultures mix to make new food and music
How Blended
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word creolization comes from creole, from Portuguese crioulo and the verb criar meaning 'to raise', a root also behind create. That's why creolization means different cultures mix and form new local customs and identities.