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desinicization

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The removal; elimination or suppression of Chinese influence and culture or process of stripping down one's Chineseness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • The Spanish colonial government in the Philippines implemented desinicization policies on the Chinese immigrants in order to be assimilated into the mainstream Filipino society.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: sinicization

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h1 Proto-Indo-European *déh1 Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English sinicization English desinicization From de- + sinicization.