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单词 kenyanize
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Kenyanizev.

Brit. /ˈkɛnjənʌɪz/, /ˈkiːnjənʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈkɛnjəˌnaɪz/, /ˈkinjəˌnaɪz/, East African English /ˈkenjanaiz/
Forms: see Kenyan n. and adj. and -ize suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Kenyan adj., -ize suffix.
Etymology: < Kenyan adj. + -ize suffix, after Kenyanization n. and Africanize v. Compare slightly earlier Nigerianize v. Compare also earlier Sudanize v.
transitive. To make Kenyan in character, composition, etc.; spec. to a replace a non-Kenyan citizen (typically a settler of European or South Asian descent) with a Kenyan citizen (typically of African descent) in a post or occupation. Cf. Kenyanization n.
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1961 V. C. Ikeotuonye Zik of New Afr. xxii. 187 He voted for the Richards Constitution and the Land and Mineral Bills with which Britain could have Kenyanised Nigeria.
1983 BBC Monitoring Internat. Rep. (Nexis) 15 Nov. The Minister for Tourism and Wildlife..had announced..that the tourist industry would be ‘fully Kenyanized’ shortly. He had said he no longer wanted to see foreigners acting as guides or drivers for foreign tourists and visitors to the country.
2008 Africa News (Nexis) 17 Mar. He said it saddened him to see Kenyans thinking about tribes first and not the nation. ‘We must Kenyanize Kenya,’ [Cabinet Minister] Kiraitu said.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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