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From saffron + -ization, after the saffron robes worn by Hindu priests and monks.
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saffronization
Today it means: The politics of right-wing Hindu nationalism (Hindutva) that seek to make the Indian state adopt policies that recall and glorify Hindu cultural history and heritage of India at the expense of other religious traditions. Full definition →