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Vietnamize, v.|ˈviːɛtnəmaɪz| [f. Vietnam (see prec.) + -ize.] trans. To give a Vietnamese character to; to make Vietnamese; to transfer to Vietnamese (esp. as opposed to American) influence or control. (This now Hist. only.)
1957Holiday Aug. 119/1 Cholon's Chinese ebullience has definitely quieted down as a result of Diem's drive to ‘Vietnamize’ the Chinese. 1969Daily Tel. 25 Oct. 5/3 It was learned..that America had handed over another base to South Vietnam. Two of the United States major port facilities, including the one in Saigon, were next on the list to be ‘Vietnamised’. 1972Nature 22 Sept. 185/2 Last week's statement..criticizes the policy of the United States in ‘Vietnamizing’ the war. Hence ˌVietnamiˈzation; ˈVietnamizing vbl. n.
1957Holiday Aug. 119/3 When the new idea of ‘Vietnamization’ is being fostered in the country..it is not surprising the Vietnamese prefer to approach..foreigners with care and reticence. 1969Daily Tel. 11 Oct. 18/1 The Vietnamisation of the war continued with the transfer of 80 United States Navy river patrol boats to the South Vietnamese Navy. Ibid. 18 Nov. 14/4 The price for ‘Vietnamising’ the war..is clearly a Vietnamising of the country's politics as well. 1972F. Fitzgerald Fire in Lake xvi. 404 ‘Vietnamization’, the ironic name for the slow withdrawal of American ground troops and the buildup of Vietnamese armed forces to fight an American-directed war in their stead. 1980Word 1979 XXX. 125 The Committee also identified such new problems as..the Vietnamization of foreign terms. |