southernization
English
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[edit]- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
[edit]southernization (uncountable)
- The process of southernizing.
- In particular, the adaptation of something (mainly America or its politics) to the norms and practices of the American South.
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- 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.)
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