Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

amerindianize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: amerindi-an-ize
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make Amerindian.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Amerindianizing the Image of the School Early in the 1970s the Quebec office of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development established a training program for Indian teachers called the Amerindianization of the Schools […]"
"Their strong wind seems anglicized when compared to Asturias's Amerindianized one."
"The challenge for Indians, he says, is to “Amerindianize” (as he puts it) our technological society […]"
"In turn, the Amerindianizing of his Spanish heritage (through his mother's mixed background) carries “vestiges of Trinidad's original, 'authentic,' and somewhat romanticized past, in the form of aboriginal blood."

Etymology

From Amerindian + -ize.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Amerindian

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

Amerindianizes (present, singular) Amerindianizing (participle, present) Amerindianized (participle, past) Amerindianized (past)

Questions

What does amerindianize mean?: To make Amerindian.
Where does amerindianize come from?: From Amerindian + -ize.

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