Southernization

noun

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Noun

1
The process of southernizing. uncountable
2
In particular, the adaptation of something (mainly America or its politics) to the norms and practices of the American South. uncountable
"For quotations using this term, see Citations:southernization."
3
The adaptation of a society to the developments, technologies and crops of southern Asia, such as sugar, cotton, and Arabic numerals. (An analogue of westernization, suggested by historian Lynda Shaffer.) uncountable
"For quotations using this term, see Citations:southernization."

Example

"For quotations using this term, see Citations:southernization."

Etymology

From southern + -ization.

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