Londonization

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noun

Adaptation to the norms of London, England.

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Meanings

nounLondonization (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAdaptation to the norms of London, England.

    The 'Londonization' of a musical adaptation that originated in New York City offered a unique opportunity to allow local voices and accents to emerge and to lend acoustic resonance to the locale visually evoked by Robert Jones's set design.

    2020, Sonia Massai, Shakespeare's Accents: Voicing Identity in Performance, page 199

Origin

From London + -ization.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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