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villagization

American  
[vil-i-juh-zey-shuhn] / ˌvɪl ɪ dʒəˈzeɪ ʃən /

noun

  1. the transfer of land to village control.


Etymology

Origin of villagization

First recorded in 1965–70; village + -ization

Example Sentences

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Resettled areas and villagization projects often have proved virtually uninhabitable; many of them lack both adequate health facilities and suitable shelter.

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"Mengistu and the party are determined to proceed with villagization," notes an Italian official.

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Faced with such resistance, Mengistu recently bowed to pressure from the European Community and others by suspending resettlement and slowing the pace of villagization -- at least temporarily.

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To stress its resolve to press ahead with villagization, Ethiopia has written it into the new constitution and made it a centerpiece of agricultural policy.

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Addis Ababa's villagization program has relocated more than 3 million peasants from their scattered hilltop farms in Harar and neighboring provinces to centralized villages.

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