Meanings
alternative Lusitanization · alternative lusitanisation · alternative Lusitanisation
- uncountableThe act or process of making Portuguese or more Portuguese-like.
The attempted lusitanization of Goa and Macao took place over centuries but was only ever partially successful.
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"Lusitanization" was used as a form of dissemination of (the idea of) Portuguese language through the use of multiple strategies to reinforce the political role of Portuguese as an official language... colonization and "Lusitanization" reinforce and constitute each other mutually.
2015, Cristine Severo et al., “Lusitanization and Bakhtinian Perspectives on the Role of Portuguese in Angola and East Timor”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, volume 36, number 2, pages 112–113 - uncountableThe act or process of becoming Portuguese or more Portuguese-like.
The lusitanization of Brazil was accompanied by far higher levels of immigration than occurred in Angola or Mozambique.
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The language policy in Brazil is exclusionary, segregating, and reminiscent of the process of Lusitanization...
2019, Susan de Oliveira, The Luso and Rap, abstract
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French lusitanisation
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German Lusitanisierung
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Italian lusitanizzazione
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