Meanings
- uncountablethe act or process of Estonifying.
The recent Estonification of the party and government leadership seems to reflect a conscious policy
1978, Tönu Parming, Elmar Järvesoo, A Case study of a Soviet Republic: the Estonian SSR2 more examples
Today the popular fronts, in an effort to reassure the ethnic minorities living in the Baltics, insist that the rights of non-Balts were respected, and that, despite Estonification, Latvianization and Lithuanianization, will be respected again.
1992, Clare Thomson, The singing revolution: a political journey through the Baltic StatesIn foreign diplomatic circles in Estonia the law was characterized as the Estonification of industry.
1994, Stockholms universitet. Centrum för baltiska studier, Emancipation and interdependence: the Baltic States as new entities in the international economy, 1918-1940: symposium organized by the Centre for Baltic Studies, Stockholm University, 15-17 October 1992, Centre for Baltic Studies, →ISBN
Origin
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Estonification. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Estonification
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