Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nostrification

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nos-tri-fi-ca-tion
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The process or act of granting recognition to a degree from a foreign university.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The expropriation of foreign-owned capital to domestic persons.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"It was such acts of expropriating foreign-owned property—or what was called nostrification in postimperial Central Europe when the property was given to private nationals—that Hayek complained of in The Road to Serfdom."

Etymology

First attested in 1885 as Latin nostr- (“our, ours”) + -ification.

Origin

Source language: Latin
First known use: First attested in 1885

Word Breakdown

Root: noster
Suffix: -ification

Usage

Inflected Forms

nostrifications (plural)

Derived Forms

nostrificate

Frequently Paired Words

nostrify

Questions

What does nostrification mean?: The process or act of granting recognition to a degree from a foreign university.
Where does nostrification come from?: It is traced to Latin. First known use: First attested in 1885.

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