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.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:R UW2 S AH0 F AH0 K EY1 SH AH0 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 1
Alternative form of Russification.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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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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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
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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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