Malaysianize

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verb

To make or become Malaysian.

Scrabble 26

Meanings

verbMalaysianize (third-person singular simple present Malaysianizes, present participle Malaysianizing, simple past and past participle Malaysianized)

present singular third person Malaysianizes · participle present Malaysianizing · participle past Malaysianized · past Malaysianized · alternative Malaysianise

  1. ambitransitiveTo make or become Malaysian.
    1 more example

    Although foreign missionaries have traditionally been significant in the history of Malaysian Christianity, this changed when the Malaysian government restricted the stay of foreign missionaries to no longer than ten years in the early 1970s through the Second Malaysia Plan in an effort to Malaysianize the country.

    2018, Terence Chong, Pentecostal Megachurches in Southeast Asia

Origin

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 馬來西亞化 /马来西亚化
  • 馬來西亞化 /马来西亚化 (măláixīyàhuà)to make or become Malaysian
Vietnamese Mã Lai hóa, Mã Lai hoá
  • Mã Lai hóato make or become Malaysian
  • Mã Lai hoáto make or become Malaysian
Cite this entry
APA

Malaysianize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Malaysianize

MLA

“Malaysianize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Malaysianize. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Malaysianize,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Malaysianize.

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