indigenization
/ɪnˌdɪdʒənʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.42 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The act of making something or someone more indigenous; adaptation to native or local culture.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The capability to manufacture a product, or supply a service independently within a country instead of relying on foreign manufactures or suppliers.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "An early attempt at what might now be called indigenization occurred in one of the first forts which the Portuguese built on the West African coast, Fort St George of Elmina, in what is now Ghana."
- "[A] reverse process of what we might call indigenisation also occurred, in which the freed convicts and their families and their descendants took on some of the values and mentality of Aboriginal people."
Etymology
Etymology tree English indigenous Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English indigenization From indigenous + -ization.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ɪnˌdɪdʒənʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/