Gallification
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See also: gallification
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Gallic (“of or relating to France or the French”) + -ification.
Noun[edit]
Gallification (uncountable)
- The process of making something French; adaptation to French norms or values.
- 1866, George Augustus Sala, A Trip to Barbary by a Roundabout Route, page 183:
- […] but the Emperor's visit has doubled the picturesque aspect of the place, and removed one great cause of complaint from those who sigh over the gradual disappearance of Oriental manners and the steady Gallification of Algeria.