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Americanization   /əmˌɛrəkənəzˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Americanization

noun
1.
Assimilation into American culture.  Synonym: Americanisation.






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"Americanization" Quotes from Famous Books



... Ocean, in 1870, was The Queen, and when she was warped into her dock on September 20 of that year, she discharged, among her passengers, a family of four from the Netherlands who were to make an experiment of Americanization. ...
— The Americanization of Edward Bok - The Autobiography of a Dutch Boy Fifty Years After • Edward William Bok (1863-1930)

... to read, write and speak the English language, the said person will attend in addition to part-time classes, such evening classes as will assist the person to learn the American language or advance in Americanization which may be made available to him in the school district and which he may be directed to attend by the superintendent of schools. Such conditional age and school certificate shall be printed on green paper. If a conditional age and schooling certificate is at ...
— Mining Laws of Ohio, 1921 • Anonymous

... Americanization of a French original: In a deep casserole lay alternate slices of white bread and Swiss cheese, with the cheese slices a bit bigger all around. Beat 2 eggs with 2 cups of milk, season with salt and—of all things—nutmeg! Proceed ...
— The Complete Book of Cheese • Robert Carlton Brown



Words linked to "Americanization" :   Americanisation, Americanize, absorption, assimilation



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