Meanings
- uncountablethe act or process of Serbianizing.
Its principal successor, Belgrade's new military, the Army of Yugoslavia, continued a process of Serbianization already begun in the JNA during Yugoslavia's descent into war and dissolution.
2002, Kees Koonings, Dirk Kruijt, Political Armies: The Military and Nation Building in the Age of Democracy2 more examples
Textbooks described brutal beatings of some 30,000 Albanians and over 100 deaths from 'inhuman torture and pain', which 'shows a clear goal of the Yugoslav regime to be the expulsion of Albanians and Serbianization of their lands'.
2005, Denisa Kostovicova, Kosovo: The Politics of Identity and Space, Psychology Press, →ISBN, page 151Despite the predominantly pro-Bulgarian and thus anti-Serbian and anti-Yugoslav orientation of the population of Vardar Macedonia, now called Southern Serbia, Belgrade pursued a policy of forced Serbianization.
2017, Irina Livezeanu, Arpad von Klimo, The Routledge History of East Central Europe since 1700, Routledge, →ISBN
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian сърбизация, посръбчване
- сърбизация (sărbizacija)Translations
- посръбчване (posrăbčvane)Translations
French serbisation
- serbisationTranslations
German Serbisierung
- SerbisierungTranslations
Hungarian szerbesítés
- szerbesítésTranslations
Italian serbianizzazione
- serbianizzazioneTranslations
Polish serbizacja
- serbizacjaTranslations
Portuguese serbianização
- serbianizaçãoTranslations
Romanian serbificare
- serbificareTranslations
Russian сербиза́ция
- сербиза́ция (serbizácija)Translations
Spanish serbianización
- serbianizaciónTranslations
Turkish Sırplaştırma
- SırplaştırmaTranslations
Ukrainian сербіза́ція
- сербіза́ція (serbizácija)Translations
Cite this entry
Serbianization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Serbianization
“Serbianization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Serbianization. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Serbianization,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Serbianization.
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