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单词 anglification
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Anglificationn.

Brit. /ˌaŋɡlᵻfᵻˈkeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌæŋɡləfəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/
Forms: also with lower-case initial.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Anglify v., -fication suffix.
Etymology: < Anglify v. (see -fication suffix). Compare earlier Anglified adj.
The action or process of making something or someone English (or British) in character; = anglicization n. 1.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > England > [noun] > making English
Anglification1797
anglicization1847
Anglicanization1874
1797 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 217/1 None but plants undoubtedly British to be inserted [into the Pocket-Flora]; and the language of Botany to be preserved as far as the Anglification of it will admit.
1843 Times 8 Feb. 4/3 He would not enter into the question with whom this insult, this injury, this offence, which the hon. and learned gentleman spoke of under the term of ‘anglification’ of the country, had originated.
1867 Visct. Strangford Sel. Writings (1869) II. 99 A thorough Anglification of the public service [in the Ionian Isles].
1911 Eng. Hist. Rev. 26 619 The story of the death of Celtic tribalism and of the ‘anglification’ of Ireland.
1963 Compar. Lit. 13 343 Jonson's Anglification is complete as Abydos and Sestos become Puddle Wharf and Bankside, and the noble Hellespont which to Góngora was a little charco, is here the muddy Thames.
1997 Daily Tel. 23 July 24/4 To the extent that the Welsh do retain a vague desire for self-government, above their desire to protect their culture from a Stalinist anglification, that urge ought to be more than gratified by this whiffling new assembly.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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