Macedonianization

English

Etymology

From Macedonian +‎ -ization.

Noun

Macedonianization (uncountable)

1. the act or process of Macedonianizing.
   • 1971, Balkania:

     Now I should like to throw some light on the beginnings of the present Yugoslavian policy of Macedonianization that is in full swing in Macedonia today.

   • 1975, Macedonian Review:

     However, unable to advance openly with its true goals, it reformed its plan; firstly, to force Macedonianization upon the people, and with that to drive out the Bulgarian propaganda, and later on to switch the Macedoniansm into Serbianism.

   • 2002, Victor Roudometof, Collective Memory, National Identity, and Ethnic Conflict: Greece, Bulgaria, and the Macedonian Question, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 78:

     In the brief period when this plan was implemented at Pirin Macedonia, communist cadres carried out an extensive Macedonianization campaign (see Nikolov, 2000, and Matzureff, 1978: 170-82 for details).