indigenize
Americanverb (used with object)
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to make indigenous.
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to increase local participation in or ownership of.
to indigenize foreign-owned companies.
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to adapt (beliefs, customs, etc.) to local ways.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of indigenize
First recorded in 1950–55; indigen(ous) + -ize
Example Sentences
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State-backed researchers also identified digital payments as particularly vulnerable to possible Western hacking, according to a review of their work, making a push to indigenize such technology likely.
From Reuters • Oct. 26, 2023
“We’re trying to indigenize this field,” Sweet said, adding that it’s “not about putting Native people under a microscope, but educating people by working toward goals like upholding sovereignty.”
From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2022
There have been fleeting and feeble attempts in Latin America to indigenize the Christmas gift-bringer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2016
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