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单词 gaelicization
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Gaelicizationn.

Brit. /ˌɡeɪlᵻsʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, /ˌɡalᵻsʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌɡeɪləsəˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌɡeɪləˌsaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/
Forms: see Gaelicize v. and -ation suffix. Also with lower-case initial.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Gaelicize v., -ation suffix.
Etymology: < Gaelicize v. + -ation suffix. Compare earlier Gaelicized adj.
1. A Gaelic form or version of a word or name; an adaptation into Gaelic. Also: the action of adapting a word or name into Gaelic.
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1901 Gaelic Jrnl. 11 204/1 Saiḃne... Perhaps it is a Gaelicisation of Simon.
1923 Weekly Irish Times 15 Dec. 12/6 The Chairman..favour[ed] the Gaelicisation of names that had been Anglicised.
1960 E. MacLysaght More Irish Families 118 Erroneous gaelicizations as well as anglicizations can arise.
2010 C. Townsend Scotland 487/2 Bla Bheinn..probably comes from the Norse bla fjall—blue mountain, with bheinn a Gaelicisation of fjall.
2. The adoption of Gaelic language or culture; the process of becoming Gaelic-speaking. Also: the action of promoting the use of Gaelic in a place or community.Usually with reference either to the assimilation of the descendants of Anglo-Norman settlers in Ireland in the Middle Ages, or to the promotion and revival of Irish culture and language in Ireland in the late 19th and 20th centuries.
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1917 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Antiquaries Ireland 47 171 John FitzThomas, first Earl of Kildare,..was famous among the Irish as a Gaelic poet, and this proficiency in..the native language indicates..the progress of Gaelicisation.
1925 Irish Times 15 July 6/3 The Government's elaborate machinery for the Gaelicisation of Ireland.
1956 Gwerin June 21 The Hebrides were..under Norse rule until 1266, when..they were ceded to the crown of Scotland. From then onwards a slow process of Gaelicization must have set in.
1972 P. Buckland Irish Unionism I. ix. 255 Griffith..did not believe that unity should be achieved through the intense gaelicisation of English speaking Ireland.
2014 M. van Hattum in S. E. Pfenninger et al. Contact, Variation, & Change in Hist. Eng. ii. 216 The newcomers [sc. English settlers in Ireland] soon showed signs of Gaelicization, and the use of Norman French and English began to decline rapidly during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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