missionizationn.
/ˌmɪʃənʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌmɪʃənəˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˈˌmɪʃənˌaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ The practice of missionary work; esp. the introduction (or imposition) of Christian culture by missionaries.
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1891 Path Jan. 326 Aryan T[heosophical] S[ociety], New York, has done what every Branch ought to do,—taken its own city for its special field of missionization.
1928 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 34 481 Spanish conquests and missionization achieved the civilization..of the whole of Florida.
1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Missionization, the act or process of conducting a mission.
1962 J. Guiart in S. L. Thrupp Millenial Dreams in Action 122 We talk of Missionization, as an external factor which plays havoc with traditional society.
1991 G. Ehrlich Islands, Universe, Home viii. 135 The Chumash were taught to be masons, painters, carpenters, cooks, gardeners, vaqueros. Intermarriage was encouraged. Those who resisted ‘missionization’ were often punished.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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