Meanings
- uncountablethe act or process of Estonianizing.
A longitudinal review of these purposes reveals three, at times overlapping, goals: Estonianization, civic integration, and Russification.
2011, Zvi Bekerman, Thomas Geisen, International Handbook of Migration, Minorities and Education: Understanding Cultural and Social Differences in Processes of Learning, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 2002 more examples
Thus, following the suppression of the radical right in 1934, the authoritarian regime of Konstantin Pats initiated a systematic campaign of Estonianization.
2009, Anton Weiss-Wendt, Murder Without Hatred: Estonians and the Holocaust, →ISBNMuch state-sponsored and church-sanctioned Estonianization addressed the “ backwardness” and multiethnic character of Setomaa through infrastructure projects, institutional reforms, and even a plan for “repatriating” ethnic Russians.
2015, Jeffers Engelhardt, Singing the Right Way: Orthodox Christians and Secular Enchantment in Estonia, Oxford University Press, USA, →ISBN, page 114
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Translations
Czech estonizace
- estonizaceTranslations
Estonian eestistamine
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Finnish virollistaminen
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French estonisation
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Italian estonianizzazione
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Latvian igaunizācija
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Polish estonizacja
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Portuguese estonianização
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Russian эстониза́ция
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Spanish estonianización
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Turkish estonyalaştırma
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Ukrainian естоніза́ція
- естоніза́ція (estonizácija)Translations
Cite this entry
Estonianization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Estonianization
“Estonianization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Estonianization. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Estonianization,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Estonianization.
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