Macedonianize

English

Etymology

From Macedonian +‎ -ize.

Verb

Macedonianize (third-person singular simple present Macedonianizes, present participle Macedonianizing, simple past and past participle Macedonianized)

1. to make Macedonian.
   • 1971, Stephen E. Palmer, Robert R. King, Yugoslav communism and the Macedonian question, Shoe String Pr Inc:

     Government and party organs were kept firmly under Bulgarian control, but at the same time the Pirin district was being culturally Macedonianized by Yugoslav Macedonians.

   • 1989, FBIS Daily Report: East Europe:

     Resorting to violence and overt threats, the compaign to Macedonianize the names and surnames of the Albanians as well as the names of the cities and villages inhabited by them is stepping up.

   • 2018, Richard A. Billows, Before and After Alexander: The Legend and Legacy of Alexander the Great, Abrams, →ISBN:

     The city was reinforced with a large contingent of Macedonian colonists and rapidly Macedonianized.