noun
Meaning 1
The process of southernizing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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southernization
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rhymes with -eɪʃən
noun
Meaning 2
In particular, the adaptation of something (mainly America or its politics) to the norms and practices of the American South.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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- For quotations using this term, see Citations:southernization.
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noun
Meaning 3
The adaptation of a society to the developments, technologies and crops of southern Asia, such as sugar, cotton, and Arabic numerals. (An analogue of westernization, suggested by historian Lynda Shaffer.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:southernization.
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History
Etymology
From southern + -ization.