Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

southernification

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: south-erni-fi-ca-tion
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The process by which a place begins to resemble the American South.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"One product of this southernification is that you can now find rebel flags hanging in states like Michigan (which lost 13,000 sons in service of the Union cause), Ohio (31,000), Wisconsin (11,000), and Pennsylvania (27,000)."

Etymology

From southern + -ification.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: southern

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

southernization

Questions

What does southernification mean?: The process by which a place begins to resemble the American South.
Where does southernification come from?: From southern + -ification.

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