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Meaning of Bostonize | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To make Bostonian; to adapt to the norms or culture of Boston.

transitive

Examples

“His purpose was evidently to Americanize, or at least Bostonize, the realism he had observed in Russian and French literature by attending only to the more commonplace in character and event.”
“President Upham delivered a lengthy speech which covered the entire history of the Society along with some Puritanical sniffing. There was regret that, in stating that the Festival was for all America, he should Bostonize the affair so irritatingly.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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