Meaning of Finnishization | Babel Free

Definitions

the act or process of making Finnish.

uncountable

Examples

“The society advocated Finnishization, an end to Swedish bilingualism, and a barrier to Swedish “contamination,” positing the existence of a Finnish race that mixed Nordic, east Baltic, and Finnish ethnic elements.”

“The Finnishization of the East has surpassed even the dreams of the Greater Finland propagandists.”

“No secret was made of the Finnic cultural roots of Karelia, and indeed the Finnishization of the Soviet Karelian Republic was, for some time, officially promoted as an instrument of modernization and administrative development.”

CEFR level