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Disneylandification
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English
Etymology
From en Disneyland -ification.
Noun
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en informal The process of making or turning into something resembling Disneyland; homogenization and commercialization, especially in tourism.
en theme parking
en 2010 Susanne Oberheu; Michael Wadenpohl Cappadocia: A Travel Guide Through the Land of Fairychimneys and Rock Castles 9783839156612 26 https://books.google.com/books?id=DKhwrTblZMsC&pg=PA26&dq=Disneylandification&hl=&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiZ_-G5k8D_AhXiVaQEHW1vBVEQ6AF6BAgLEAI#v=onepage&q=Disneylandification&f=false Thus it becomes inevitable that the border to kitsch and ‘Disneylandification’ will be crossed, quite often even under the formally correct surveillance of the authorities.
en 2021 Marco D'Eramo The World in a Selfie: An Inquiry into the Tourist Age Verso Books 9781788731102 127 https://books.google.com/books?id=vG7cDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA127&dq=disneylandification&hl=&cd=7&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=disneylandification&f=false If it is the case elsewhere that the tourist industry has ‘touristified’ urban centres that already existed, subjecting them to a process of Disneylandification, Las Vegas is a tourist city created from scratch in the middle of the Mojave Desert, designed purely for the function of drawing in and accommodating tourists.
en Zara Pinto-Coelho; Helena Pires The City of the Senses, the Senses in the City 2022 UMinho Editora 116 https://books.google.com/books?id=k8hfEAAAQBAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&lpg=PA116&dq=Disneylandification&hl=&pg=PA116#v=onepage&q&f=false 978-989-8974-62-4 Residents distance themselves from the Disneylandification of the city
Related terms
en Disneyfication
en eponyms
en Disney