Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

finnishization

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: finnishiza-tion
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

the act or process of making Finnish.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The society advocated Finnishization, an end to Swedish bilingualism, and a barrier to Swedish “contamination,” positing the existence of a Finnish race that mixed Nordic, east Baltic, and Finnish ethnic elements."
"The Finnishization of the East has surpassed even the dreams of the Greater Finland propagandists."
"No secret was made of the Finnic cultural roots of Karelia, and indeed the Finnishization of the Soviet Karelian Republic was, for some time, officially promoted as an instrument of modernization and administrative development."

Etymology

From Finnish + -ization.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Finnish

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does finnishization mean?: the act or process of making Finnish.
Where does finnishization come from?: From Finnish + -ization.

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