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Egyptianization

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

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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.

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History

Etymology

From Egyptian + -ization.

Across languages

Translations

1 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: égyptianisation — Translations