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Sinification

American  
[sin-uh-fi-key-shuhn] / ˌsɪn ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən /

noun

  1. a variant of Sinicization.

    Mao undertook what he called the Sinification of Marxism, that is, its adaptation to Chinese conditions.


Etymology

Origin of Sinification

Sini(fy) ( def. ) + -fication ( def. )

Example Sentences

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But even as the khan was trying to take China, his own people were turning on him in a civil war, upset over what they saw as his increasing softness and excessive Sinification.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2014

The historical southward expansions of Burmese, Laotians, and Thais from South China completed the Sinification of tropical Southeast Asia.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond