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English
Etymology
From creole + -ization.
Pronunciation
Noun
creolization (countable and uncountable, plural creolizations)
- (linguistics) the process of a pidgin rapidly expanding its vocabulary and grammatical rules, ultimately becoming a creole.
- (Trinidad and Tobago) of Indo-Trinidadians, the process of assimilation into the dominant Creole culture.
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