polonization

noun

po·​lo·​ni·​za·​tion

ˌpōlənə̇ˈzāshən

plural -s

often capitalized

: the act or process of polonizing or the state of being polonized

resist the polonization of the Ukrainian upper classes

—R. G. A. De Bray

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