Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of Germanizing, or the state of being Germanized.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of Germanizing.
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Examples
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These marks were also centers of colonization and germanization.
795-96 2001
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We cannot take the later russification or germanization—or rather, the effort to force upon us Orthodoxy or Protestantism, as an expression of our cultural development.
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This "telurian germanization" was to be of immense benefit to mankind.
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The romanization of the Franks was accompanied by the germanization of the Walloons, who adopted the laws and customs of their conquerors.
Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day Emile Cammaerts 1915
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Romanization of the Franks and germanization of the Walloons --
Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day Emile Cammaerts 1915
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Austria likewise, the policy of germanization prevailed.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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The primary purpose of the new bishopric was the germanization of the regions on the Upper Main and the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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Galicia the system of germanization grew more and more oppressive.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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The schools had to serve as instruments in the process of germanization; the Polish towns and villages received
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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Serbs of Belgrade, who affected to ignore Croatia and Roman Catholicism, and only dreamed of bringing Bosnia, Hercegovina, and as much of Dalmatia as they could under their own rule; and finally it had to overcome the hostility of the Mohammedan Serbs of Bosnia, who disliked all Christians equally, could only with the greatest difficulty be persuaded that they were really Serbs and not Turks, and honestly cared for nothing but Islam and Turkish coffee, thus considerably facilitating the germanization of the two provinces.
The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey Nevill Forbes 1906
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