Macedonianize

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verb

to make Macedonian.

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Meanings

verbMacedonianize (third-person singular simple present Macedonianizes, present participle Macedonianizing, simple past and past participle Macedonianized)

present singular third person Macedonianizes · participle present Macedonianizing · participle past Macedonianized · past Macedonianized

  1. to make Macedonian.

    The city was reinforced with a large contingent of Macedonian colonists and rapidly Macedonianized.

    2018, Richard A. Billows, Before and After Alexander: The Legend and Legacy of Alexander the Great, Abrams, →ISBN
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    Government and party organs were kept firmly under Bulgarian control, but at the same time the Pirin district was being culturally Macedonianized by Yugoslav Macedonians.

    1971, Stephen E. Palmer, Robert R. King, Yugoslav communism and the Macedonian question, Shoe String Pr Inc

    Resorting to violence and overt threats, the compaign to Macedonianize the names and surnames of the Albanians as well as the names of the cities and villages inhabited by them is stepping up.

    1989, FBIS Daily Report: East Europe

Origin

From Macedonian + -ize.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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