Magyarization
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- noun
- /ˌmɑːɡjərɪˈzeɪʃən/
- The policy of Magyarization aimed to promote the Hungarian language and culture among minority groups in Hungary.
- Slavs resisting Magyarization
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Proponents of multiethnic Hungaro-Germanism unsurprisingly rejected Magyarization.
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Magyarization may be the main story of nineteenth-century Hungarian nationalism, yet other, less studied types of "Hungarian nationalism" also existed.
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Grellman's study of the Kingdom, for example, dismissed Magyarization as absurd.
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Schuselka opposed Magyarization with Germanization, in that he suggested German as the best administrative language for Hungary.
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The Croatian aristocracy experienced Magyarization as an unprovoked threat.
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Magyarization threatened Hungary's Slavs more than its Germans.
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Strong Magyarization pressures from Hungarian nationalists coincided with these reform efforts.
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The more passionately Magyar patriots advocated Magyarization, the more frightened non-Magyars became.
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Hungarian Slavs initially responded to Magyarization primarily as Slavs, not as Slovaks, Croats, etc.
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Magyarization nevertheless offended German patriotic sensibilities, and Hungaro-German rhetoric emerged in the 1840s.
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Synonyms
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Becoming more like the countries in Europe in culture and daily life
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A change that makes words, names, and customs more English
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A society adopting Roman ways, laws, and language
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Making people or places more Russian in language and culture, often by government rules
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Making people or places more German in language and culture
How Hungarian
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Magyarization comes from Magyar, the name Hungarians use for themselves, and the ending -ization, which means 'the process of making'. So Magyarization is the process of making people or things more Hungarian, for example by encouraging the Hungarian language and culture.