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Africanize

Pronunciation: /ˈafrɪk(ə)nʌɪz/

(also Africanise)
Definition of Africanize

verb

[with object]
  • 1make African in character: (as adjective Africanized)an Africanized form of Cajun music
  • (in Africa) restructure (an organization) by replacing white employees with black Africans: we recognize the need to Africanize the civil service in preparation for independence
  • 2 (usually as adjective Africanized) hybridize (honeybees of European stock) with bees of African stock, producing an aggressive strain.

Derivatives

Africanization

Pronunciation: /-ˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/

noun

Africanize in other Oxford dictionaries

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