Mexicanizationn.
/ˌmɛksᵻkənʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, /ˌmɛksᵻkn̩ʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌmɛksəkənəˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌmɛksəkəˌnaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ The action or process of making or becoming Mexican in character, appearance, etc.; spec. subjection to the influence or domination of (some aspect of) Mexican culture.
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Mexicanization1878
1878 Detroit Free Press 2 June 4/1 ‘Mexicanization’—Taking evidence to see whether election protests were forged, and, if so, who forged them, who connived at the forgery, or were aware of it.
1890 Congress. Rec. 5 June 5655/1 Gentlemen, do you know what a single silver standard means in this country? It means Mexicanization.
1938 Newsweek 28 Mar. 20/3 Cárdenas' swift action caught the British and American Governments off guard. Following developments in anxious silence, they feared the ‘Mexicanization’ campaign might next strike their mining interests.
1963 Times 6 July 18/5 After many months of negotiation..one of the major obstacles to the company's Mexicanisation proposals has now been cleared.
1995 Atlantic Monthly Nov. 94/2 Instead of the mechanization of California agriculture, a prominent labor expert recently observed, we are witnessing its ‘Mexicanization’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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