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Disneyfication en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English Disney Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -ficātiō Old French -ificationbor. Middle English -ificacioun English -ification English Disneyfication From Disney + -ification, referring to the American mass media and entertainment conglomerate Disney. Compare earlier Disneyfied and later Disneyfy.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The act or process whereby something is Disneyfied.
    • Given that Onward itself is a family-friendly project, the film thrives on these self-aware digs at Disneyfication; any good D&D mission should have a sense of real danger, so it’s worth pointing out how that’s missing from so much mainstream entertainment. 2020 February 21, David Sims, “Pixar Needs to Make More Movies Like ‘Onward’”, in The Atlantic:
    • The importation of New World featherworks into Europe was a journey of dilution, degradation and eventual loss of meaning - a banal Disneyfication of indigenous dignity. 2023, Tim Birkhead, Birds and Us, Penguin Books, page 149:
    • Cultural diversity mirrors the biological and geographical diversity of our planet. ’Disneyfication’, like economic globalization, tends to ride roughshod over local variety. So baseball hats, blue jeans and running shoes become the uniform of teenagers in both Budapest and Bangalore while Western TV shows promote the illusion of limitless wealth. 1998 December 5, “A Reader's Guide To Disneyfication”, in New Internationalist:
    • He may even be having his first doubts about the neon chrome artyfake Disneyfication of America. 1959, Lawrence Lipton, The Holy Barbarians, Messner, pages 143–44:
    • The Disneyfication of Tibet How tourism has become a tool of occupation. 2014 January/February, Pearl Sydenstricker, “The Disneyfication of Tibet”, in Washington Monthly, archived from the original on 01 Jan 2014, heading:

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Relateds

Californication · McDonaldization · Disneylandification · Disneyization · Disneyfy

Translations (2)

de Disneyfizierung (Translations) · eo dizniigado (Translations)

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