Georgification

Georgification

English

Etymology

Georgify +‎ -ification

Noun

Georgification (uncountable)

1. the act of process of Georgifying.
   • 1990, Journal of Soviet Nationalities: A Quarterly Publication of the Center on East-West Trade, Investment, and Communications

     We have already seen the fear in the Abkhaz Autonomous Republic that decentralization of power to "their" union republic of Georgia will lead to a policy of Georgification of the Abkhazi.

   • 2003, Adel Safty, Leadership and Conflict Resolution: The International Leadership Series, Universal-Publishers (ISBN 9781581126174), page 241:

     South Ossetia has avoided any significant Russification or Georgification, maintaining a traditional cultural identity as well as an agriculture and cattle breeding economy.

   • 2013, Sten Berglund, The Handbook of Political Change in Eastern Europe, Edward Elgar Publishing (ISBN 9781782545880), page 777:

     Cultural Georgification took place foremost during the 1920s and 1930s, as part of the korenizatsiya campaign, which aimed at institutionalising 'indigenous' peoples.