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Georgianization en · NOUN

Etymology

From Georgianize + -ation.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The act or process of Georgianizing.
    • The success of Georgianization is probably best illustrated by the fact that virtually all Abkhazes living in Ajaria know Georgian, with one-fifth even claiming it as their mother tongue, compared to an astonishingly low 1.4 percent among their compatriots in Abkhazia 1998, Beverly Crawford, Ronnie D. Lipschutz, The Myth of "ethnic Conflict": Politics, Economics, and "cultural" Violence, University of California International:
    • Abkhazian historians explain that Georgian authorities justified Georgianization to Moscow by the communist party's goal of eventual assimilation of everyone into the Soviet people with Abkhaz assimilation a part of the process. 2019, Maxim Tabachnik, Citizenship, Territoriality, and Post-Soviet Nationhood, page 245:
    • Georgianization policies are emphasized in this narrative, especially those from 1937-53. 1997, Institutions, Identity, and Ethnic Conflict: International Experience and Its Implications for the Caucasus, May 2-3, 1997 : Conference Report: