Polonizationn.
/ˌpəʊlənʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, /ˌpɒlənʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌpoʊlənəˈzeɪʃən/, /ˈˌpoʊləˌnaɪˈzeɪʃən/, /ˌpɑlənəˈzeɪʃən/, /ˌpɑləˌnaɪˈzeɪʃən/ The action of giving a person or thing a Polish character or identity; the process of making something Polish.
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Polonization1866
1866 Times 27 Oct. 10/4 The order for the thorough Polonization of the schools is daily expected.
1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 17 Oct. 4/1 Demanding..the Polonisation of the Galician railways.
1931 Economist 5 Sept. 426/1 For the Poles, stabilisation means the expulsion of the German minority and the Polonisation of the Ukranians and the White Russians.
2000 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 2 Nov. 11/2 The Polonization of Wilno and the surrounding area continued through the eighteenth century.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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