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russification

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Alternative form of Russification.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

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2

noun

Meaning 2

The process of making anything Russian.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • the Russification of Western rock music

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The process of making anything Russian.

A policy that enforces traditional Russian values either domestically or internationally.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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4

noun

Meaning 4

The process of making anything Russian.

Localization of a software or hardware interface (e.g. text on buttons of a washing machine) into the Russian language, whether using Cyrillic or transliteration. See Computer Russification.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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5

noun

Meaning 5

The process of making anything Russian.

Enabling a computer system to work with the Russian Cyrillic alphabet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rare, uncountable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Russify + -ication, q.v. Equivalent to Russia or Russian + -ification.

Across languages

Translations

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَرْوِيس (tarwīs) — process of making anything Russian
  • Armenian: ռուսականացում (ṙusakanacʻum) — process of making anything Russian
  • Azerbaijani: ruslaşdırma — process of making anything Russian
  • Belarusian: русіфіка́цыя (rusifikácyja) — process of making anything Russian
  • Bulgarian: русифика́ция (rusifikácija) — process of making anything Russian
  • Catalan: russificació — process of making anything Russian
  • Chinese Mandarin: 俄羅斯化 /俄罗斯化 (éluósīhuà) — process of making anything Russian
  • Chinese Mandarin: 俄國化 /俄国化 (éguóhuà) — process of making anything Russian
  • Chinese Mandarin: 俄化 (éhuà) — process of making anything Russian
  • Czech: rusifikace — process of making anything Russian
  • Dutch: russificatie — process of making anything Russian
  • Esperanto: rusigo — process of making anything Russian
  • Estonian: venestamine — process of making anything Russian
  • Finnish: venäläistäminen — process of making anything Russian
  • Finnish: venäläistyminen — process of making anything Russian
  • French: russification — process of making anything Russian
  • Georgian: რუსიფიკაცია (rusipiḳacia) — process of making anything Russian
  • German: Russifizierung — process of making anything Russian
  • Greek: εκρωσισμός (ekrosismós) — process of making anything Russian
  • Hebrew: רוּסִיפִיקַצְיָה — process of making anything Russian
  • Hungarian: oroszosítás — process of making anything Russian
  • Italian: russificazione — process of making anything Russian
  • Japanese: ロシア化 (roshiaka) — process of making anything Russian
  • Kazakh: орыстандыру (orystandyru) — process of making anything Russian
  • Korean: 러시아화 (reosiahwa) — process of making anything Russian
  • Kyrgyz: орусташтырма (orustaştırma) — process of making anything Russian
  • Kyrgyz: орусчалаштырма (oruscalaştırma) — process of making anything Russian
  • Kyrgyz: русификация (rusifikatsiya) — process of making anything Russian
  • Latvian: pārkrievošana — process of making anything Russian
  • Latvian: rusifikācija — process of making anything Russian
  • Latvian: krieviskošana — process of making anything Russian
  • Latvian: krievināšana — process of making anything Russian
  • Lithuanian: rusifikacija — process of making anything Russian
  • Lithuanian: rusinimas — process of making anything Russian
  • Macedonian: русификација (rusifikacija) — process of making anything Russian
  • Mongolian: оросжуулах (orosžuulax) — process of making anything Russian
  • Ossetian: уырысыфикаци (wyrysyfikaci) — process of making anything Russian
  • Persian: روسیسازی (rusi-sâzi) — process of making anything Russian
  • Polish: rusyfikacja — process of making anything Russian
  • Portuguese: russificação — process of making anything Russian
  • Romanian: rusificare — process of making anything Russian
  • Russian: русифика́ция (rusifikácija) — process of making anything Russian
  • Russian: обрусе́ние (obrusénije) — process of making anything Russian
  • Serbo-Croatian: русифика́ција — process of making anything Russian
  • Serbo-Croatian: rusifikácija — process of making anything Russian
  • Slovak: rusifikácia — process of making anything Russian
  • Slovene: rusifikacija — process of making anything Russian
  • Spanish: rusificación — process of making anything Russian
  • Swedish: russifiering — process of making anything Russian
  • Tajik: русификатсия (rusifikatsiya) — process of making anything Russian
  • Turkish: Ruslaştırma — process of making anything Russian
  • Turkmen: ruslaşdyrma — process of making anything Russian
  • Ukrainian: русифіка́ція (rusyfikácija) — process of making anything Russian
  • Ukrainian: русифікува́ння (rusyfikuvánnja) — process of making anything Russian
  • Ukrainian: зросі́йщення (zrosíjščennja) — process of making anything Russian
  • Uyghur: رۇسلىشىش (ruslishish) — process of making anything Russian
  • Uyghur: رۇسلاشتۇرۇش (ruslashturush) — process of making anything Russian
  • Uzbek: ruslashtirish — process of making anything Russian
  • Uzbek: rusifikatsiya — process of making anything Russian
  • Vietnamese: Nga hoá — process of making anything Russian