Amerindianization

noun

The act or process of becoming Amerindian.

Scrabble 29

Meanings

nounAmerindianization (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe act or process of becoming Amerindian.

    Beginning in the mid 1970s, under the auspices of the Amerindianization project, one of the authors, a linguist associated with Memorial University of Newfoundland, began making regular visits to the community for teacher training.

    2002, Barbara Burnaby, Indigenous Languages Across the Community, page 79

Origin

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APA

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Chicago

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