Bostonization
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The process of Bostonizing. uncountable
"The "Bostonization" of New York's hitherto anti-institutionalist charities and inheritance laws created the basis for the establishment of the large unregulated endowed institutions — especially foundations — on which the twentieth-century Establishment built its power."
Example
More examples"The "Bostonization" of New York's hitherto anti-institutionalist charities and inheritance laws created the basis for the establishment of the large unregulated endowed institutions — especially foundations — on which the twentieth-century Establishment built its power."
Etymology
From Boston + -ization.
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