Hungarianization

noun

the act of making Hungarian.

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Meanings

nounHungarianization (uncountable)
  1. uncountablethe act of making Hungarian.

    This was the era the of assimilation, Hungarianization, and rapid urbanization, the increase in the proportion of the total population and in urban settlements.

    2017, Gwen Jones, Chicago of the Balkans: Budapest in Hungarian Literature 1900-1939, Routledge, →ISBN, page 8
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    The Hungarian liberals - because of Habsburg rule which threatened Germanization, and the only gradually diminishing preponderance of other nationalities - demanded the Hungarianization of the Jews with the utmost vigour.

    1995, András Gerő, Modern Hungarian Society in the Making: The Unfinished Experience, Central European University Press, →ISBN, page 195

    The forced Hungarianization of the Romanians who lived along the Szecklers and the Hungarians, represented the basic element of an unscrupulous expansionist policy.

    2002, Z. Dragoș, Transylvania, late 20th century: Romanians hunted down in their own coutntry, page 10

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
hungarization

Origin

From Hungarian + -ization.

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Translations

Hungarian magyarosítás, megmagyarosítás
  • magyarosításthe act of making Hungarian
  • megmagyarosításthe act of making Hungarian
  • elmagyarosításthe act of making Hungarian
  • magyarosodásthe process of becoming Hungarian
  • megmagyarosodásthe process of becoming Hungarian
  • elmagyarosodásthe process of becoming Hungarian
Polish madziaryzacja, hungaryzacja
  • madziaryzacjathe act of making Hungarian
  • hungaryzacjathe act of making Hungarian
  • madziaryzacjathe process of becoming Hungarian
  • hungaryzacjathe process of becoming Hungarian
Romanian maghiarizare
  • maghiarizarethe act of making Hungarian
Russian мадьяризация
  • мадьяризация (madʹjarizacija)the act of making Hungarian
Ukrainian мадяризація
  • мадяризація (madjaryzacija)the act of making Hungarian
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APA

Hungarianization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hungarianization

MLA

“Hungarianization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hungarianization. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hungarianization,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hungarianization.

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