lusitanization

lusitanization

English

Alternative forms

• Lusitanization
• lusitanisation, Lusitanisation (UK)

Etymology

From lusitanize +‎ -ation, from Lusitanian + ize, ultimately from Latin Lusitania (“pre-Roman and Roman Portugal”), used archaistically in New Latin and English in reference to modern Portugal. Partially on the model of more common terms such as gallicization and partially as a calque of Portuguese lusitanización, from lusitanizar + -ación, from lusitano (“Lusitanian, Portuguese”) + -izar.

Noun

lusitanization (uncountable)

1. The act or process of making Portuguese or more Portuguese-like.
   • 2015, Cristine Severo & al., "Lusitanization and Bakhtinian Perspectives on the Role of Portuguese in Angola and East Timor", Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, Vol. 36, No. 2, pp. 112–113:

     "Lusitanization" was used as a form of dissemination of (the idea of) Portuguese language through the use of multiple strategies to reinforce the political role of Portuguese as an official language... colonization and "Lusitanization" reinforce and constitute each other mutually.

   The attempted lusitanization of Goa and Macao took place over centuries but was only ever partially successful.

2. The act or process of becoming Portuguese or more Portuguese-like.
   • 2019, Susan de Oliveira, The Luso and Rap, abstract:

     The language policy in Brazil is exclusionary, segregating, and reminiscent of the process of Lusitanization...

   The lusitanization of Brazil was accompanied by far higher levels of immigration than occured in Angola or Mozambique.

Synonyms

• Portuguesify