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Bostonization
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English
Etymology
From en Boston ization.
Noun
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The process of Bostonizing.
en 1992 George E. Marcus; Peter Dobkin Hall Lives in trust 354 The "Bostonization" of New York's hitherto anti-institutionalist charities and inheritance laws created the basis for the establishment of the large unregulated endowed institutions — especially foundations — on which the twentieth-century Establishment built its power.
en 2000 The North Carolina Historical Review 77 2 259 Does Bostonization of the national literary class imply the formation of a national literary center?