Northernize

American

[nawr-ther-nahyz] / ˈnɔr ðərˌnaɪz /

especially British, Northernise

verb (used with object)

(sometimes lowercase)

Northernized, Northernizing

to make northern; impart qualities considered typical of the North, especially of the northern part of U.S.

Etymology

Origin of Northernize

1855–60; Northern ( def. ) + -ize

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Northernized

The response of the South to being Northernized has been divided or resistant; that of the North to being Southernized has been more forthrightly negative.

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