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Estonianization

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Etymology

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From Estonianize +‎ -ation.

Noun

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Estonianization (uncountable)

  1. the act or process of Estonianizing.
    • 2009, Anton Weiss-Wendt, Murder Without Hatred: Estonians and the Holocaust, →ISBN:
      Thus, following the suppression of the radical right in 1934, the authoritarian regime of Konstantin Pats initiated a systematic campaign of Estonianization.
    • 2011, Zvi Bekerman, Thomas Geisen, International Handbook of Migration, Minorities and Education: Understanding Cultural and Social Differences in Processes of Learning, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 200:
      A longitudinal review of these purposes reveals three, at times overlapping, goals: Estonianization, civic integration, and Russification.
    • 2015, Jeffers Engelhardt, Singing the Right Way: Orthodox Christians and Secular Enchantment in Estonia, Oxford University Press, USA, →ISBN, page 114:
      Much state-sponsored and church-sanctioned Estonianization addressed the “ backwardness” and multiethnic character of Setomaa through infrastructure projects, institutional reforms, and even a plan for “repatriating” ethnic Russians.

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