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thugification en · NOUN

Etymology

From thug + -ification.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The process of rendering or becoming more tough, violent, or brutal.
    • His three-point shooting, rebounding and ferocious defense are just what the Knicks need at the small forward spot. Call it the thugification of the Knicks, if you want to. 2004 December 7, Wesley Pruden, “Cheer, Cheer for Old Siwash U”, in The Washington Times:
    • The controversy is useful if only because it illuminates the general thugification of professional sports, which definitely includes the college game. 2007 July 5, Ken Berger, “Why not?”, in Post-Tribune:
    • In the future, this should protect us and our society from “thugification”. 2014 April 2, Bohdan Butkevych, “Pavlo Gudimov: 'A different vision is not a pretext to resort to Russian-like hysteria and absurd politicization of culture'”, in The Ukrainian Week: