xenization

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The borrowing and integration of foreign linguistic elements into a language.
  2. The process of integrating an organism into an environment containing other types of organisms.
  3. The act of spending time in a foreign culture.

Word forms

xenization

Etymology

From xeno- + -ization.

Antonyms

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