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Canadianize, v.|kəˈneɪdɪənaɪz|
[f. Canadian + -ize.]
trans. To render Canadian in character. Also intr. Hence Caˌnadianiˈzation.
1829J. Mactaggart Three Years in Canada I. 37 Some of the unthinking Scotch ape the manners of the latter [English], and are termed Canadianized Scotchmen. 1902Monthly Rev. Oct. 55 When he calls himself ‘French-Canadian’, he simply wants to differentiate his racial origin from that of his English, Scotch, or Irish fellow citizens, who, in his mind, are but partially Canadianised. 1925Contemp. Rev. Nov. 605 They are in process of rapid ‘Canadianisation’. 1964Economist 21 Mar. 1134/3 Corporations..will..have their own incentive to ‘Canadianise’. Ibid., Firms that do meet the requirements of Canadianisation. |