Word of the Day for Thursday, January 13, 2011
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creolize \KREE-uh-lahyz\, verb:
creolize \KREE-uh-lahyz\, verb:
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1. To combine local and foreign elements into a new, distinct whole.
1. To combine local and foreign elements into a new, distinct whole.
2. To render a pidgin into a distinct, spoken language.
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The B.O. is attempting to creolize the United States into his version of socialism and communist China style capitalism!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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To fuse - creolized - these styles (Greco-Roman, Renaissance, American Modernist, and Pre-Columbian), it is implied, is the task of the Caribbean architect.-- Christopher Winks, Symbolic cities in Caribbean literature
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He embodies the reluctance to surrender his Indian heritage and the refusal to creolized his identity.-- Véronique Bragard, Transoceanic Dialogues: Coolitude in Caribbean and Indian Ocean Narratives
He embodies the reluctance to surrender his Indian heritage and the refusal to creolized his identity.-- Véronique Bragard, Transoceanic Dialogues: Coolitude in Caribbean and Indian Ocean Narratives
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Creolize is a verb alteration of creole, which derives from the Spanish criollo, "a person native to a locality."
Creolize is a verb alteration of creole, which derives from the Spanish criollo, "a person native to a locality."
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