noun
Meaning 1
The making of a place or practice more Egyptian or more like Egypt; the introduction of Egyptian elements, practices, attitudes, language, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- 2003. "All the negotiations conducted in the 1930s on the principle of the Egyptianization of the canal’s staff and the training of skilled agents demonstrate that the concession system was perceived as a temporary system inherited from a bygone era, whose breakdown had to be accelerated." — Caroline Piquet, "The Suez Company’s Concession, 1854-1956" http://www.h-net.org/~business/bhcweb/publications/BEHonline/2003/Piquet.pdf#search=%22egyptianization%22.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided