Mexicanization
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a word derived from
Mexicanize.
Mexicanizeverb (used with or without object)to make or become Mexican or like the Mexican, as in manner, customs, or dress.
Example Sentences
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The "Mexicanization" comment understandably irked Mexico, and the Vatican promptly apologized.
From US News ● Feb. 11, 2016
“This is a modern classic, a Mexicanization of foreign ingredients that’s been made with care.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2012
What is happening along the border, says University of Arizona Anthropologist Tom Weaver, is "the Americanization of Mexico and the Mexicanization of America."
From Time Magazine Archive
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