Definition of Americanization

1. Noun. Assimilation into American culture.

Exact synonyms: Americanisation
Generic synonyms: Absorption, Assimilation
Derivative terms: Americanise, Americanise, Americanize, Americanize

Definition of Americanization

1. n. The process of Americanizing.

Definition of Americanization

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of Americanisation) ¹

2. Noun. (alternative form of Americanization) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Americanization

American wormseed
Americana
Americanese
Americanisation
Americanisations
Americanise
Americanised
Americanises
Americanising
Americanism
Americanisms
Americanist
Americanistically
Americanists
Americanitis
Americanization
Americanizations
Americanize
Americanized
Americanizer
Americanizers
Americanizes
Americanizing
Americanness
Americanocentric
Americanophobia
Americans
Americas
Americentric
Americo-

Literary usage of Americanization

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Edward Aloysius Pace (1922)
"As a result, americanization work became one of the most widespread educational ... The americanization Bureau of the United States Department of Education ..."

2. Democracy and Assimilation: The Blending of Immigrant Heritages in America by Julius Drachsler (1920)
"These are aptly summed up in the term "americanization." Since the early nineties of the last century when the influx of the new immigration began to raise ..."

3. The Magyars in America by David Aaron Souders (1922)
"Appendix I americanization AS THE FOREIGNER THINKS OF IT (By Rev. Arpad Bakay, Akron, Ohio) The average foreigner is struck with alarming surprise by the ..."

4. Social and Religious Life of Italians in America by Enrico C. Sartorio (1918)
"americanization a natural process, not an artificial one. The cry of today in America is "America ... americanization is this: making use of the best in the ..."

5. Annual Proceedings: Addresses, Reports, Bibliographies and Discussions (1920)
"CHAIRMAN BANKS: Now, if we take men into a classroom for americanization work one hour a week, and send them into the plant for forty hours a week, ..."

6. Report on the Steel Strike of 1919 by Bureau of Industrial Research (1920)
"In the twenty-eight pages of the Senate Committee's Report on the steel strike much space is devoted to the need for americanization. ..."

7. Annual Conference Proceedings of the American Library Association by American Library Association. Conference, American Library Association (1919)
"americanization of children must be based on the fundamental consideration that character is the one requisite in the true American; and the problem ..."

8. The Social Survey by Carol Aronovici (1916)
"americanization. The great war and the contending national interests in this country have brought forward the problem of Americanizing the foreign elements ..."

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