prussianize
verb (used with object)
to make Prussian, as in character, method, organization, etc.
Prussianization
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a word derived from
Prussianize.
prussianization
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a word derived from
prussianize.
Example Sentences
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Germany obtained the Saar in 1815, proceeded with a ruthless Prussianization which lasted over 100 years and enables Adolf Hitler to shout with substantial truth "Deutsch ist die Saar!"
From Time Magazine Archive
The Danes, on the other hand, in the northern part of these provinces, still resist Prussianization.
From Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View by Price Collier
After 1871, and even after Sadowa, the problem of interior policy which presented itself was that of the "Prussianization" of Germany.
From New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, May, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various
Not infrequently in recent times have the states, or some of them, raised protest against this centralizing tendency, and especially against the "Prussianization" of the Empire which it seems clearly to involve.
From The Governments of Europe by Frederic Austin Ogg
Is there a difference between Americanization and Prussianization?
From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Robert Ezra Park
