Americanization
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- noun
- /əˌmɛrɪkənaɪˈzeɪʃən/
:
americanización
- Paradoxically, one of the most tangible results of the student uprising was an "Americanization" of the French university.
- Americanization movement
- Americanization of immigrants
- Americanization programs
Examples
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Did all these changes amount to an Americanization of the French university?
Academic text (1990) -
The organization of youth choirs was also meant to address concerns about the Americanization of the next generation.
Academic text (1999) -
All of these were serious problems, but why were they Americanization issues?
Academic text (1991) -
Cultural assimilation would go forward whether there was an Americanization movement or not.
Academic text (1991) -
Kellor was by no means the only woman with a major voice in Americanization policy.
Academic text (1991) -
The immediate postwar years, in fact, did mark the apogee of the Americanization movement.
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Equally revealing is the way in which immigrants, especially women, resisted formal Americanization work.
Academic text (1991) -
With the passage of a permanent restriction law in 1924, the Americanization movement virtually died.
Academic text (1991) -
Paradoxically, it was the 1968 student uprising that precipitated the Americanization of the French university.
Academic text (1990) -
The Americanization of the local community has brought about new cultural festivals and food celebrations.
How Americanized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Americanization = Americanize (transparent) = America + n + ize + ation
The noun is a regular action noun formed from the verb 'Americanize', so the meaning is straightforwardly recoverable.
Etymology
Americanization comes from American ('from America') plus the ending -ization ('making' or 'process'), the same ending you see in modernization or globalization. So Americanization is the process of making people, food, or culture more 'American'—adopting American customs and ways.