russificatory

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/ˌɹʌsɪfɪˈkeɪtəɹi/

adjective

Of or pertaining to russification.

Scrabble 21

Meanings

adjectiverussificatory (comparative more russificatory, superlative most russificatory)

comparative more russificatory · superlative most russificatory

  1. Of or pertaining to russification.

    In 1939, the russificatory policy was extended by the Soviet occupiers to the Belorussian lands which had been under Polish administration since 1919.

    1992, Paul Wexler, ““Diglossia et schizoglossia perpetua – the fate of the Belorussian language””, in Sociolinguistica, volume 6, number 1, →DOI, page 42
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    For them the only policy open was one of opposition to Tsarist russificatory advances in order to preserve the sanctity of Finland's constitution […]

    2008, Christopher S. Browning, Constructivism, Narrative and Foreign Policy Analysis: A Case Study of Finland, page 102

Origin

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Chicago

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