Kazakhification

English

Etymology

Kazakh +‎ -ification

Noun

Kazakhification (uncountable)

1. The act or process of Kazakhifying.
   • 2002, Joma Nazpary, Post-soviet chaos: violence and dispossession in Kazakhstan, Pluto Pr

     This tension is primarily caused by the fact that ethnically based networking, articulated with the Kazakhification of the state, is pivotal for the distribution of resources.

   • 2012, Edward Schatz, Modern Clan Politics: The Power of "Blood" in Kazakhstan and Beyond, University of Washington Press, →ISBN, page 116:

     It is noteworthy, however, that the commitment of the state elite to Kazakhification was often more discursive than immediately material.

   • 2013, Paul R. Spickard, Multiple Identities: Migrants, Ethnicity, and Membership, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 278:

     Some scholars argue that, if during the Soviet period there was russification of the state, the aspiration of the new government is to reinforce the process of Kazakhification of the country.