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Noun
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Zairianization
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Zairization
Etymology
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Zairean
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-ization
Noun
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Zaireanization
(
uncountable
)
A
political
process
in
Zaire
in the 1960s and 1970s, aiming to rid the country of the influences of
colonialism
and
Western
culture
by renaming cities, banning Western clothing, etc.