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- noun The act of making something have more
German characteristics. - noun The adoption of German customs or culture
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Examples
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BEARDSLEY: Magazine editors have their say on this news talk show, one of the many devoted to the so-called Germanization of Europe.
News 2011
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Nazi leaders then embarked on a campaign of "Germanization" during which half the Czech population, including all Jews, would be expelled or killed while the other half would be assimilated into a German national community with the "correct" racial and cultural composition.
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Nazi leaders then embarked on a campaign of "Germanization" during which half the Czech population, including all Jews, would be expelled or killed while the other half would be assimilated into a German national community with the "correct" racial and cultural composition.
Prague in Black 2007
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It is no exaggeration to speak of a gradual "Germanization" of most of the greater American colleges.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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Such false ideas as to nationality, speech and race are now prevalent ... that it is often maintained that no breaking-up of nations would be necessary, but that a "Germanization" _in the mass_ of the nations in question [Germany's smaller neighbours] would be sufficient.
Gems (?) of German Thought William Archer 1890
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His death, and because of that, a swift end to the “Germanization” of England, allowed the monarchy to create an “English” identity.
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She was also active in promoting the Wagner-Rogers Bill of 1939, which attempted to protect German refugee children from the Nazi Order of Germanization by admitting them into the United States.
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She was also active in promoting the Wagner-Rogers Bill of 1939, which attempted to protect German refugee children from the Nazi Order of Germanization by admitting them into the United States.
Personal Information for Marion E. Kenworthy Jewish Women's Archive 2010
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"The Germanization has begun," says one unhappy Detroit-based staffer.
Hands On The Wheel 2008
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Policies of enforced Germanization and Polonization took hold on either side of the borders of Upper Silesia.
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